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Four students of the International American University (IAU) in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia were this afternoon the victims of a car break-in at Cedar Heights, Vieux Fort.
Three backpacks containing electronic equipment and classnotes were taken from their car.
The driver of the car told St. Lucia News Online that around 5:15 p.m., he and three of his classmates arrived at the supermarket’s parking lot.
About twelve minutes later, when they returned to the car, that was previously locked, he discovered that the door was picked and the backpacks belonging to his three friends were missing.
The driver, who is a final-year student, said luckily he did not bring any items along.
He said the police were called and a security camera was retrieved, however, the footage was useless because the camera was not located close enough to the section of the parking lot where the robbery occurred.
In addition, he alleged that the security guard was “supposedly” using the washroom at the time of the incident, and several persons whom they spoke to claimed to have not seen anything. He said that 15-20 people were “walking in that area” when they returned to the car.
The students’ backpacks contained electronic equipment including laptops, ipads and classnotes.
The student noted that final exams are coming up and his colleagues will have to start from “nill”.
The IAU senior believes medical students in Saint Lucia are frequent soft targets for thieves.
He said that during his second semester, he was the victim of a burglary in which his apartment was broken into and everything was stolen, except his clothes.
The medical student called on the authorities as well as businesses to have “better security overall, have people out there… doing something”.
They are not confident about the police either.
“The last time they took a statement but didn’t call back,” he alleged, referring to the burglary at his apartment.
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