EVEN in the midst of the night-time curfew, there is a spate of killings, a number of them in Central Trinidad.
Usually sedate residential communities are seeing several murders, especially over the past few days.
There were five killings on a single night.
Two people were murdered at Kelly Village, a quiet farming community.
The killing of barbeque vendor Ramnarine Nandoo at Chaguanas is just the most high-profile of a string of murders in various Central districts.
Nandoo was shot dead as he was closing up his business.
This murder has struck renewed fear among business operators.
The police have not determined a motive in any of the killings.
Some residents are wondering whether their easy-going communities are now becoming criminal hot-spots like Enterprise, Chaguanas.
A spate of crime has also been reported at Carapo and Malabar, both Arima districts.