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Weapons Used In Youth Fight.

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Philipsburg:---- Simpson Bay police patrol was sent to South Reward in the vicinity of the Milton Peters College for a fight that was going on between two separate group of young men and where weapons were used reported police spokesman Ricardo Henson.

On the scene the patrol spoke to two young men who were involved in this fight, they have been identified with initials S.L. and E.L. They stated to police, that while sitting at the Chinese mini market next to the M.P.C they were suddenly attacked by a group of men, with whom they had problems in the past.
One of the men who had a fire-arm in his possession aimed it at S.L. and tried to fire a shot, but the gun seemed to have jammed. That suspect tried to arm and fire the weapon several times but without success. When S.L. and E.L. noticed that the weapon did not fire, they took-off running towards the entrance of the M.P.C. where the victim S.L. fell to the ground and one of other men started beating him with a piece of wood. The victim E.L. who had a knife in his possession tried to use it against his aggressors to protect his brother S.L. Both victims were let onto the premises of the M.P.C. to avoid the situation getting worse. The police were informed the incident. Both victims were taken to the police station in Philipsburg and handed over to the Detective department who would take care of the investigation. All details concerning the suspects have not yet been released.

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