The police in Suriname have released the identity of the two people who were shot dead in the capital Paramaribo. The two were shot at a 'drive by shooting'.
After the shooting, a burnt-out car without license plates was found. Horrible images that this newspaper received on Sunday night show how a man lies lifeless in the back of a pickup truck. The woman is close to the ground. Both were hit by bullets.

According to the police in Suriname it is a man named Dennis Groenfelt, a 49-year-old Dutchman, and 19-year-old Cadisha Prika. The Surinamese police are investigating the double murder.

The shooting follows the day after heavy criticism from the opposition in Suriname of the government and the discovery of a crashed cocaine plane. Member of Parliament Krishna Mathoera told the Surinamese Star News Friday that "everyone has seen the drug problem grow under the Bouterse government." Coke smuggling through the country has never been so great and the government does not impede trade. In 2010 about 600 kg of cocaine was seized, while more than 2500 kg of cocaine was discovered this year alone.