Man: I was beaten by masked soldier: In the latest report of soldier brutality, it is alleged that two soldiers, one wearing a mask, severely beat 35-year-old Leon King, resulting in a broken jaw and a possible dislocated vertebrae. King’s girlfriend Kisha told the Express yesterday at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday, the father of two went to George Street, Port of Spain to pick up his six-year-old daughter. However, while there she said he was confronted by two soldiers. “As he reached down and came out of the car, two soldiers approached him. One of them asked him what he was doing there at that hour and he told them he came to pick up his child. The masked soldier tell him he lying and to go lie down on the ground by the staircase. When he start to ask why and telling them he not lying, them just start to beat him with their guns. They hit him and kick him and then just leave him there. “When he reach hospital now, the doctors told us that his jaw is broken, and that his back has severe tissue damage and possibly a dislocated vertebrae. His eyes are also swollen and he has a lot of cuts all over his body. He’s just warded there right now trying to recover because he is in a lot of pain,” Kisha said. She said she didn’t understand why the two soldiers beat the 35-year-old father of two “for no reason”. “Right now the whole community, everybody in uproar over that. He (King) is the type of person who doesn’t give anyone trouble. He doesn’t be in anything criminal or illegal. They just beat him for no reason. They just showing that they quick to victimise poor people. And that cannot be allowed to continue,” Kisha said. Read More: ow.ly/zgrhn instagram/p/qjWGFyPesM/?modal=true
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 12:34:32 +0000
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