They always revert to form ! - Dutch seek to restore security amid looting on St Martin
AFP September 8, 2017
The storm caused major shortages of food, water and petrol on St Martin island with both Dutch and French ministers expressing concern about a spate of "looting"
The storm caused major shortages of food, water and petrol on St Martin island with both Dutch and French ministers expressing concern about a spate of "looting" (AFP Photo/Lionel CHAMOISEAU)
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The Hague (AFP) - Dutch troops were fanning out across part of the hurricane-hit island of St Martin on Friday as shots were heard and officials admitted there had been some looting.
"The situation is serious," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said when asked about looting, adding authorities were being hampered in their efforts to deal with it as communications were cut off when Hurricane Irma roared through on Wednesday.
Shots had been heard on the island, a top marine official revealed, but said it was unclear where they had come from.
"Shots have been fired, but not in a structured fashion," Major General Richard Oppelaar, the commander of the Marine Corps, told reporters in The Hague.
"I can't deny there are some weapons around," he added, adding in some areas the situation remained "grim" and the atmosphere was tense. https://www.yahoo.com/news/looting-serious-hurricane-hit-st-martin-dutch-pm-100740413.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/looting-serious-hurricane-hit-st-martin-dutch-pm-100740413.html
Welcome DOWN TO REALITY,Aristos ! - Couple trapped in rat infested room on lawless island wrecked by Irma have been 'abandoned by the British Government'
ReplyDeleteHayley Dixon
The TelegraphSeptember 10, 2017
A British couple have been hiding in a rat infested bathroom with no water for five days as the Caribbean island they were living on descends into lawlessness in the wake of Hurricane Irma, their family have said.
Jos Smart, 26, and his girlfriend Julia Taylor, 30, say they have been abandoned by the British Government and are too afraid to leave the half destroyed hotel that they found refuge in amid reports of looting and violence.
The Category 5 storm hit the island on Wednesday and it has since been placed under curfew to try and restore order.
British Troops and police officers have been sent to help the British Virgin Islands (BVI), but families of those on St Maarten, which is Dutch and shares the island with the French St Martin to the north, say that because it is not a British territory their loved ones have been abandoned.
The yacht the couple were looking after was destroyed by Hurricane Irma
Jos and Julia have not received any support from the Foreign Office, their family say, and officials could not even tell Julia where to go for help when she contacted them on Saturday.
Ian Smart, Jos' father, said that they were too scared to leave the room as the "lawlessness is getting worse".https://www.yahoo.com/news/british-couple-trapped-rat-infested-163453328.html