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A resident of Sea Lots throws fuel on burning debris during a protest on Monday over the killing of a man and two teen boys by police in Port of Spain on Saturday morning. – ANGELO MARCELLE

The 15-year-old boy who was hospitalised after being shot by police on Saturday was discharged from hospital on Tuesday but was too distraught to speak about what happened when three of his friends were shot dead at Independence Square, Port of Spain.

Newsday contacted the child’s mother on Wednesday night and was told her son was unable to speak with the media. She said he had just watched the news and was reminded of what happened and was overwhelmed.

“Right now he is emotionally broken, he can’t talk to nobody. Right now he not in any position to talk to anybody right now.”

The woman said she too is distraught as one of the men killed is her godson.

Police said the teen was shot in the hand and grazed on the abdomen when officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB) shot at a car he was in.

He and two others, both released from police custody, survived an alleged shootout with police after a car chase from Diego Martin ended when the car crashed into Republic Bank.

Those killed were identified as Fabien Richards, 21, Leonardo Niko Williams and Isaiah Roberts, both 17. They were from Snake Valley, Laventille; Trou Macaque and Beetham Gardens.

Roberts was supposed to leave the country on Wednesday to live with his mother in the US.

On Monday, protesters burned tyres and other debris to block off the east- and west-bound lanes of the Beetham Highway demanding justice for the three deceased.

Hours after Monday’s protest, one of two of the survivors who was arrested was released without charge. The second was released a day later.

Newsday unsuccessfully searched for the other two survivors, both of whom live at Beetham Gardens.

Speaking with Newsday at his Sea Lots parlour on Wednesday Elijah Mitchell said while the protest may not change much, it makes the powers that be listen to the plight of those in so-called hotspot areas.

Both police and the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) are investigating the incident with the PCA calling on anyone with information to come forward.

As part of the police investigation, four GEB officers were placed on clerical duties.

Acting Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob, at a media conference on Monday, said police have video footage of what happened but will not be releasing it since that forms part of the police investigation.

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The report on the Financial Literacy Survey revealed that 35 per cent of respondents fell victim to some form of financial fraud and 19 per cent took part in what turned out to be a pyramid scheme.

Financial Ombudsman Dominic Stoddard made the revelation during the launch of the report, held virtually on Wednesday.

Stoddard said moving forward the National Financial Literacy Programme would need to do a comprehensive overhaul of content resources to include modules on using digital financial products and services, and detecting and avoiding financial fraud.

“We want to ensure that the population is able to identify fraudulent practices and keep away from them,” Stoddard said.

Given that 39 per cent of the population was affected negatively by the pandemic, the Financial Literacy Programme also plans to ensure that there are strategies to cope with the negative effects of the pandemic.

The survey was conducted with a sample size of 1,090 adults, 151 students and 160 SMEs. As far as financial literacy, Stoddard said that overall, 69 per cent of Trinidadian respondents and 67 per cent of Tobagonians were financially literate.

The report also revealed that there has been no change in the amount of unbanked people in TT since 2007.

“In 2007, we came up with a 21 per cent of the population or one in five people were unbanked. This year when we came up with the survey we came up with 19 per cent. So we had given that the margin of error was plus or minus three per cent, we could safely say there was no change in the unbanked population,” he said.

Findings also revealed that the people with the lowest financial literacy were between the ages of 18 and 24 years, with a form three education and came from lower socio-economic groups. Those with the highest financial literacy were over the age of 35, were in the higher socio-economic grouping and had a tertiary level education.

The report added that 40 per cent of SMEs said they prepare financial statements annually, 32 per cent agreed that business objectives were reasonably on target and 37 per cent felt they were not.

The report also revealed that 70 per cent of 10-17 age groups spend money on snacks.

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