As the area where one man was killed and 19 others injured by a fragmentation grenade remained sealed off for further investigations; Police Commissioner Henry Greene, said the dead man might have been involved in selling the explosive device.
The dead man was known only as 'American' and he was a drug-addict who did odd-jobs including the movement of arms or illegal substances in exchange for small payments.
"It would appear as though he might have had this thing in his hand either waiting to sell or whatever he might have been doing we're not sure but he had to play with it to pull the pin," Greene told a news conference he shared with Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee.
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Other related theories, according to Greene, were that 'American' was possibly waiting in the ramshackle stall, south east of Stabroek Market at the corner of Brickdam and Lombard Street, waiting to sell or give the grenade to someone.
The Police Commissioner lamented the congested nature of the area where the device exploded, saying that when vehicles park in that vicinity the area is almost sealed off.
'Therefore it's ideal for that sort of sale of ammunition, sale of grenades and sale of firearms and we suspect that this man is one of the men being used when they transfer arms or transfer some illegal substance," said Greene.
When demerarawaves.com visited the area late Wednesday night, the stall was demolished and the area cordoned off and being guarded by police.
And just a stone's throw away, a detachment of the Georgetown City Constabulary was busy demolishing stalls and taking them away to the Le Repentir landfill site.
Hundreds of vendors who sell bread, clothing, phone-cards, fruits and vegetables, bottled beverages and DVD Movies were all displaced.
A senior member of the City Constabulary, when told that the vendors would return next week, retorted that when the politicians say they should be allowed to sell, then they would.
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