Overview
- Suriname’s police confirmed nine fatalities, saying the victims include four of the suspect’s children and a neighbor’s child.
- A sixth child and another adult were seriously wounded and are being treated at a hospital in Paramaribo.
- Officers said the suspect attempted to attack responding police before he was shot in the legs, arrested, and hospitalized.
- The killings occurred in Richelieu in the Commewijne district, with victims found at more than one residence.
- President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons offered public condolences, and officials noted some local reports cite ten deaths as investigators work to verify details and determine motive.