A 38-year-old man was ar­rest­ed in re­la­tion to two in­ci­dents where he at­tacked two men on Thurs­day morn­ing.

The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has de­fend­ed its de­ci­sion to seek a de­ten­tion or­der un­der the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) against a Tu­na­puna man with­out first ar­rest­ing him.

Bisses­sar, who pre­vi­ous­ly de­scribed salary in­creas­es for par­lia­men­tar­i­ans as “ob­scene,” says she has no choice but to ac­cept the pay hike be­cause of the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion.