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Journalist Charged In Airport Bomb Hoax In St. Lucia

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – A St. Lucian journalist, Rehani Isidore, has been charged, in connection with a bomb hoax, at the George F.L. Charles Airport.

The incident, which took place, on Wednesday, forced the airport to delay its operations for three hours, as police bomb squads and firemen combed the area.

The bomb threat not only affected operations at the airport, but also businesses in the area, as well as the St. Mary’s College, the sole secondary school for boys on the island and one of the country’s premier secondary schools.

Isidore, who lives at Bishops Gap, Marchand, Castries, was arrested and charged for the offences of Bomb Hoaxes and Attempted Suicide, in relation to this incident.

In a release, the police said that Isidore was escorted to St. Lucia’s First District Court, where he was granted bail, on two counts of bomb hoaxes, in the sum of EC $2500.00, each, cash or suitable surety, and released on his own recognizance, for the charge of attempted suicide.


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