There are incoming reports of an explosion in downtown Port Of Spain, Trinidad around the area of Queen and Frederick streets. One person is now reported dead with others injured. Keep checking back here for the latest.
We will keep you posted as fast as information becomes available.
UPDATE
Courtesy Guardian Unlimited
A bomb exploded in a trash bin in downtown Port-of-Spain on Monday, wounding at least six people, officials said.
Port-of-Spain Mayor Murchison Brown said on the radio that one person was killed, but Deputy Police Commissioner Glen Roach said later that several people were wounded, two seriously, but there were no deaths.
Cynthia Carrington-Murray, director of Trinidad General Hospital, the largest hospital in Port-of-Spain and the closest to the scene, also said there were no fatalities.
``We have no idea of the kind of device used nor who is behind it,'' Roach said.
Local media reported that a man was seen placing a package in the garbage bin shortly before the explosion around 2 p.m. on the corner of Frederick and Queen streets, a major intersection in the capital city of the two-island Caribbean nation. The site of the blast is two blocks from the national Parliament, which was meeting at the time.
After Monday's explosion Police searched the downtown commercial district for other explosives and evacuated the area, the mayor said on the radio.
``I am shocked at this event,'' Brown said. ``We definitely have to exercise all necessary precautions and I am sure the security forces are sparing no effort that the country is safe.''
Robert Skinner, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, which is about five miles away from the site of the explosion, said American officials were trying to get information on the blast.
