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inside the house and a woman replied “Me and my two sons”. The mother was
instructed to come out, leave the sons inside and go to a “cage” in Java.
9.105.
Soldier #1 said he heard the police officers speak to the two men
but he could not see the men. He said –
“I heard two gunshot explosions from the direction where I
had heard the talking in the vicinity of the same house
where they asked about the persons. I heard one of the
police ask ‘is a shoot you go shoot me?’”
9.106.
About a minute after, Soldier #1 went to the area from which he
had heard the gunshots. He said –
“I saw two young men on the ground and I saw blood
flowing from their wounds.”
9.107.
Soldier #1 spoke with another soldier and the latter said he was
“not going any further behind these police”. Soldier #1 returned to his position.
He told the Enquiry that he saw no weapons near the bodies of the two men and
the police officers carried M16 rifles.
9.108.
Soldier #1 was cross-examined by Ms. Martin.
Inter alia
, Soldier
#1 said that, on entering Tivoli Gardens, there was firing at the soldiers but he
could not see who was firing and it was coming “from different points of
elevation”. He knew the difference between clearing houses and searching
houses. “The role of the JDF was to clear out then the JCF would conduct
searches”. He said he reached the intersection of Dee Cee Avenue and Chang
Avenue about 1.30 p.m. and the men were shot about 45 minutes after he got to
the intersection. During that time, there was still “shooting all around. It was a
dangerous situation.”