COMMUNITY leader Sean "Bill" Francis yesterday brokered a "peace accord" between rival factions in the Morvant area with the aim of reducing the level of violence in the beleaguered community.
Amid the strains of dance hall music from Jamaican artiste Gyptian, Francis with the help of other community leaders, brought together several young men with the promise that "the killings in Morvant will stop".
From about 3.30 p.m. they gathered at the Never Dirty, Morvant basketball court.
One by one, they arrived and greeted each other like long lost friends.
In reality, only a few houses separated them.
Francis even pointed out to those gathered that among the casualties of the war, the mothers of the rivals tended to know one another "and know each other very well".
The Express understands however, that before the official peace accord yesterday- there had been several meetings "behind closed doors", where outstanding issues were worked out.
Francis said that what led to the accord was the realisation that life in the Morvant area had become unbearable for everyone, "with everyone having to pay a price".
"Taxi' and all don't want to come up here," he said.
By the end of 2005- the three most dangerous police districts in Trinidad and Tobago were Port of Spain, Laventille and just east of the capital city.
The Western Division counted as another dangerous area with most of the violence being concentrated in Diego Martin and Petit Valley and the North Eastern Division- with its hot spots being Caledonia, Never Dirty and Coconut Drive.
South Trinidad and Tobago remain two of the safer areas.
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