http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/07/26/murdered.shtml Tourists murdered in The Bahamas Bahamas Commissioner of Police Paul Farquharson by Norman 'Gus' Thomas Caribbean Net News Senior Regional Correspondent E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monday, July 25, 2005
ALICE TOWN, Bahamas: The Caribbean is once again receiving some very negative publicity following what some locals are calling the "slaughter" of two Austrian tourists in the quiet community of Bimini in The Bahamas. Nassau police on Sunday confirmed to Caribbean Net News that the community is reeling from what seems to have been an execution-style slaying at a local hotel. Police said a hotel maid discovered the couple, thirty-four year old Bolza Berhard and thirty-two-year-old Barbara Refreiin Perfall, at about 12:50 pm on Saturday in a room at the Anchorage Hotel. Berhard's body was lying on the floor between two beds, his hands were tied behind his back, and he appeared to have been shot in the back, the police press division said. Perfall, was lying on one of the beds with what appeared to be a number of serious head wounds. Bahamian officials told Caribbean Net News that Bimini depends heavily on tourism, especially from the yachting and boating community. One Bimini resident called the murders "unsettling," adding that news of such a happening to tourists will be bad for The Bahamas, especially as there is still widespread negative talk about the Caribbean in relation to Natalee Holloway, the eighteen year high-school graduate from Alabama who went missing in Aruba almost two months ago. "I hope and pray that the awful murders are just an isolated incident and there is no revenge killing or serious fallout," he said. However, emails have already begun to pour into Caribbean Net News from Europe seeking word on the killings. Meanwhile, a special team of detectives from Grand Bahama has been sent to Bimini and up to Monday evening were carrying out investigations into the "gruesome" murders. Last month, members of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), speaking via a press release, said the organisation remains dedicated to the safety and continued development of the region's tourism product, its people and all who visit the Caribbean. "Despite the number of very high profile events that have garnered a great deal of publicity, in most of our jurisdictions, crimes against visitors are at an all time low despite rising numbers of visitors," the ACCP said. Bahamas Commissioner of Police, Paul Farquharson, is a member of the ACCP. The Commissioners are encouraging visitors to pay close attention to their surroundings, ensure the safety of valuables and avoid, as much as possible, the opening of hotel room doors to strangers. The ACCP also noted that the region has laboured long and hard to develop its image as one of the safest places in the world and pledged to use every available resource to protect the people of the Caribbean, its borders and visitors. -- No virus found in this Mario's outgoing message. ------------------------------------------------ Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22.7.2005 -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
