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was screaming. The entire family went downstairs from the third floor of the
building to Marjorie Hinds’ flat. Only Ms. Hinds’ daughter and another lady (now
deceased) were in Marjorie’s flat.
9.67.
Mrs. Haughton-Allison said that she heard a second bomb and
gunfire. She looked out and saw soldiers going on the roof of the Community
Centre. Then she heard soldiers and police officers beating the door of one of
Christopher Coke’s houses at Levy Path. They came to Ms. Hinds’ house and
asked who was there. Mrs. Haughton-Allison identified herself and the security
forces kicked the door open. She said that she heard a policeman say, “Today
going be like Christmas day!” She saw six masked soldiers and one policeman.
At the point of guns, all of the occupants of Ms. Hinds’ house went to an open
area at the front of the building. This was in the area known as Java. They
were separated and ordered to sit down. She described where the men were
taken:
“Where they place us, it have like a curve area like. It’s on
like a corner, where you have like the trees. They place the
men around that little section, like the side of the building.”
She said there were about 20 to 25 men sitting in “the side area”. One of them
was “Micky, Marjorie Hinds’ baby father. At that point, there was a lot of police.
Most of the soldiers went on the building.” Mrs. Haughton-Allison was allowed to
return to Ms. Hinds’ house. She left her husband and son behind. She never
saw them alive again.
9.68.
When Mrs. Haughton-Allison eventually returned home, she
saw none of her children. Soldiers were sitting on the landing and
Mrs. Haughton-Allison told one of them that she could not find her family. He
said “leave it till tomorrow morning”. Next morning when she enquired after her
family, soldiers responded that they were alright. They escorted her to Building
#2 where she found her daughter. From 26 to 29 May Mrs. Haughton-Allison