SIMPSON BAY:--- Two men are now in police custody for beating up an employee of the Electrical and Mechanical Department of the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE). According to information provided to SMN News, the victim identified as Roberto Hennis better known as "T" was busy working in the parking lot when two men attacked and beat him because he told them they could not park where he was working. Workers who witnessed the incident said the two men are of Guyanese decent and are supposedly living on the French side.
"When "T" told them they could not park where they parked they jumped out of their vehicle and started to use obscene language then they began beating him. "T" had to be transported to the St. Maarten Medical Center where is currently receiving treatment, it appeared as though he suffered a broken nose and other injuries." Workers and other bystanders who witnessed the attack called police who managed to capture the two men in the vicinity of the Causeway as they were trying to escape to the French side. SMN News tried to reach Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson for a comment but he could not be reached. SMN News will bring you more information on this incident as soon as it becomes available.
