Samuda bemoans fatal stabbing of prison officer

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Samuda bemoans fatal stabbing of prison officer

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Matthew Samuda, has cited as worrying, the death of yet another member of the national security apparatus as he mourned the killing of a correctional officer this morning.

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