Police reports indicate that the fire, which started shortly after 7 o’clock, burnt the three room wooden house to the ground where one-year-old Shaqeel Jean Pierre resided.<\/p>\n
The structure was located in a shanty community just off Faith Avenue north, police Inspector Walter Evans said.<\/p>\n
Police reported that another child who was in the house at the time of the fire was able to escape without injury.<\/p>\n
Disclosing that the huse was not connected to the city electricity supply, Inspector Evans said fire officials believe the fire might have been started by a kerosene lamp.<\/p>\n
The fatality was the first fire-related death for 2006.<\/p>\n
In crime news recorded in the capital over the weekend, police reported that they were on the lookout for the two men who were responsible for shooting an employee of a food store during a robbery Saturday night. <\/p>\n
The incident occurred after 9 o’clock when the gunmen held up the Price Is Right food store on Carmichael Road, police said.<\/p>\n
The culprits reportedly robbed the establishment of an undetermined amount of money. Before leaving the store, one of the men fired a shotgun at the employee. <\/p>\n
The employee reportedly sustained gunshot wounds to both legs and was taken to hospital where he was listed in serious condition.<\/p>\n
By: Darrin Culmer, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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