ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Relations between the local security forces here and its citizens are at its lowest ebb ever, as police officers tear-gassed several villages on Thursday night leaving a young girl still hospitalised with a serious eye injury. Grenadians are upset that after authorities failed to put structures in place to protect the business places in St. Georges and remained in barracks, they are now terrorising the populace when things are under control. There are widespread complaints of tear-gassing even in the verandahs which are normally close to the road in the parish and town of St. George. There are fears that some may well be inciting a civil war in the already hurricane ravaged island. Already some civilians have retaliated and have shot at a police vehicle in the south of the island. Some prominent Grenadians say they are cognizant that those involved in the tear-gassing are not the regional forces as some may want the population to believe but a group of local officers who have also ruthlessly beaten several other people who were at their villages in the outskirts of the capital watching the moonlight in the absence of electricity. The Venezuelans, as well as the Trinidadians and other regional forces, continue to be well liked by Grenadians of all walks of life. Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com