The incident occurred around 07:45pm in the vicinity of the Kadaster office.
When police arrived at the scene to investigate a security officer on bicycle the patrol (we watch while you shop)said he was attacked by a group of men who usually sit on the corner of Backstreet and School Steeg.
On the scene the patrols encountered the security officer who had a serious cut to the left side of his face, from which he was bleeding profusely. The victim with the initials M.D.S. stated that the bicycle patrols of the Sherriff Security Company are constantly being harassed without any valid reason by this group of men. These men suspected the security officers are providing the Police Department with information concerning their daily activities.
The security officers further stated that a two man patrol was surrounded by these men, they were attacked and beaten. One of the suspects took the bicycle of one of the officers and headed in the direction of the Board Walk. Several other officers of the security team pursued this suspect. However he dropped the bike and took off on foot. A search in the immediate area done by police officers and detectives led to a yard where three of the suspects were located and arrested. They resisted their arrest however they were overpowered by members of the 0-tolerance team. They have been identified with initial's A.M.F, D.J.L. and K.J.W. They were all taken to the Philipsburg Police station for further investigation. The victim was attended to at the Sint Maarten Medical center and later released.
Police are also busy investigating another case of armed robbery which took place on Saturday at around 8pm. Two young men, one armed with a sawed off shot gun and the other a revolver fired shots in front of ECONO FOOD MARKET before storming into the establishment.
While threatening to use their weapons they robbed both cash registers of an un-disclosed amount of money. After committing their act, both robbers fled the scene on foot. While fleeing the scene another shot was fired. An intense search of the area did not have any positive results. The Special Robbery Unit is investigating.
