Two British Tourists Shot in Barbados

Barbados police reported the shooting of two British tourists in the Bridgetown around 2 p.m. on Sunday. The names have not been released but police reports state a man, in his 70’s, was shot in his left side while a woman, in her 50’s, received a gunshot injury to her right thigh. The shooting occurred in Hincks Street.

Not surprisingly, given the brevity of that report, another Barbadian source, the anonymously published Barbados Free Press (BFP) takes issue with the lack of information apparently being made available to Barbadians about the incident.

Suggesting a possible link between the incident and a recent spate of jeweler robberies that appear linked to a ‘cash for gold’ trade on the island, the BFP says it is speculating that the motive was robbery “because precious little information has made its way to the television and radio even 7 hours after the first report.”

The BFP writer opines that while good and bad things happen to tourists all over the world, “Barbados has to this point maintained a reputation as a generally safe destination” provided people use the same care that they would when back home – like not walking down dark side-streets at 2 am and expecting nothing to happen.