There is no doubt that the group of killers described as ‘terrorist’ by the Commissioner of Police which carried out the hijacking of a car and the murder of the driver/owner, the shooting of two policemen, the fire bombing of the Supreme Court and arson or attempted arson at the Richard Ishmael school, intended a direct assault on the lawfully constituted State of Guyana. Correctly designated as ‘terrorists’’ these are cold-blooded criminals who use ‘violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.’ The aim in this case is the violent overthrow of the Government by first creating fear among the citizenry and then attempting to destroy its credibility.
There may be a temptation to link these attacks to the recent allegations of horrific torture against a 15 year old boy at the hands of policemen. There may be an attempt to justify these acts as some ugly attempts at revenge. They are nothing of the kind. They are the pre-meditated actions of a gang of bandits who have already revealed their hands in the recent burning of the Ministry of Health. To create some sympathy from the angry or uninformed, they seize upon unfortunate events in which persons employed by the government might be unlawfully involved and carry out their vengeful deeds in the dead of night, as cowards do when they attack the defenceless, much like the deed they want us to believe that they are protesting.