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* VIDEO * Home going service for “Kobie” held Tuesday before the body is flown out to (DA) where he will be laid to rest.

December 30, 2015

~Sources within the community told 721news that the two suspects are St. Maarteners from the Philipsburg (Town) area. ~

COLEBAY, Sint Maarten — Family and friends of the late Rene Francis Paul, better known as “Kobie” gathered Tuesday at the Power Praise Assembly in Colebay for their last tribute to “Kobie” who lost his life violently 3 weeks ago in Rotterdam.

Before the church service, family and friends gathered at the Emerald Funeral Home to escort his body to Colebay, where many trucks, racing cars and motorbikes which formed part of the caravan which escorted the body, put on a loud display as a final sign of respect to”Kobie”. The truck drivers sounded their horns while the racing cars accelerated their engines causing their wheels to spin leaving behind tire marks and clouds of burning tire. This attracted large crowds along the roadside in Cole Bay as the drivers caused a spectacle to the admiration of the large crowds and raised the ire of those who found themselves stuck in traffic as the truck drivers honked their horns.

“Kobie’s” remains will be flown out to the island of Dominica, the land of his birth where a funeral ceremony will be held before his body is laid to rest.

Update on murder investigation

Two suspect have now been arrested by the Rotterdam police as suspects in the on going murder investigation. They are suspected to be the trigger men in the fatal shooting of “Kobie” and his friend Geraldo on Thursday December 10th 2015.

Sources within the community told 721news that the two men who have been arrested as suspects are St. Maarteners from the Philipsburg (Town) area and who are now residing in Holland. The two suspects have not been identified by the Rotterdam Prosecutors or Police.

As to condition of Geraldo who was seriously wounded in the fatal attack, 721news has understood that his life is no longer in danger and that he is cooperating with the authorities in their investigation.

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