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Ali says cops to advise if more help needed to probe West Berbice murders - Stabroek News

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the police would advise him on whether additional help is needed in the investigations into the murders West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh.

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