A farmer on his way to tend to his crops at Guave Road, Chaguaramas got the shock of his life when he found the bodies of two men on Friday afternoon.
The men, whose hands were bound, were shot multiple times about their upper. They were yet to be identified up to press time on Friday. Police were called, and the area was cordoned off.
When Newsday went there, two men who the farmer spoke said the farmer was shaken up after finding the bodies near the Water and Sewerage Authority pump station.
'We just saw the truck driving in and then reversing in a speed. When he (the farmer) jump out, he was shaking. He could only say 'Bodies tied together, flies on them.''
Police on the scene told Newsday one of the men is of African descent, fair complexion, and was wearing a white t-shirt, black short pants and black and white Nike sneakers.
The other man of is of East Indian descent and was wearing a green t-shirt and cream short pants.
Police said there were no identifiable markings and or tattoos on either men. Their bodies were taken to the Forensic Sciences Centre.
Those two murders were the latest in a spate over the past seven days.
Four people were killed on August 13.
Morvant residents heard several gunshots around 10 pm near Cotty Trace, Chinapoo Gardens. When police arrived they found Gamal Waldron with multiple gunshot wounds. Waldron, of Pashley Street, Laventille, was charged with stealing an SUV belonging to ex-journalist Khamal Georges from outside a police station in 2018.
Minutes later, police responded to a shooting in Valencia. They found Carlton 'Pilato' Sooknanan of Emon Lane, Valencia, dead at his girlfriend's home. Just after 10.20 pm three men came to the house claiming to be police officers. They opened the window and forced themselves in and shot Sooknanan several times before escaping.
Saleem Deen, 28, and Aaron Maloney, 40, were also killed in two separate incidents that same day.
Deen was at work in Charlieville when three gunmen drove up to him and shot him. He died instantly.
Maloney was walking along Manahambre Roach when he was approached by men who shot him multiple times.
On Sunday, Nikhil Luthra, 34, was liming at the Residence Restaurant and Bar at One Woodbrook Place, just after 2 am, when masked men opened fire on a group he was with. He was killed and two other people wounded.
And a Venezuelan man was stabbed to death in Couva, Roystonia. The man who was identified as Steven Hernandez was found in some bushes off the road.
A Moruga dancehall artiste, Daniel Hamilton, was shot dead in front his home on Monday.
Hamilton, 26, of Poui Trace St Mary's Village, was shot in the face, head and chest while chatting with a friend around 8.30 pm.
Micah Cipriani, 34, of Roslyn Street, Belmont was shot while walking along St Margaret's Lane, near Norfolk Street at around 5.55 pm on Monday. He later died at the Port of Spain General Hospital.
The killings continued on Tuesday when gunmen killed Eusibio Roberts, 37, of Mon Repos, Morvant around 7 pm. The fat
