{"id":211917,"date":"2026-11-13T20:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=211917"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T23:15:04","slug":"woman-29-arrested-in-investigation-into-fatal-robbery-murder-on-david-simonsstraat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/woman-29-arrested-in-investigation-into-fatal-robbery-murder-on-david-simonsstraat\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 29, arrested in investigation into fatal robbery-murder on David Simonsstraat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police arrested a 29-year-old woman on Monday, November 9, 2026, in connection with the investigation into the fatal robbery-murder on David Simonsstraat. The suspect, identified by the initials A.T., is alleged to have rented the vehicle used in the violent robbery on Friday, November 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The<\/span> woman was arrested at an apartment in the vicinity of Kwatta by a mixed police team consisting of officers from the Kapitale Delicten (KD, Major Crimes) department, the Arrestatieteam (AT, Arrest Team) and the Joint Operation Center (JOC).<\/p>\n

According to the Korps Politie Suriname (KPS, Suriname Police Force), police tracked down the suspect following a tip that was investigated and acted upon by the force’s intelligence services and Drone Unit.<\/p>\n

The preliminary investigation has shown that A.T. is suspected of having rented the vehicle used by the perpetrators in the robbery-murder on November 6. The rental is said to have taken place during the period in which the crime was committed.<\/p>\n

Involvement still under investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the woman is suspected of having rented the vehicle, police say it has not yet been established whether she was actually involved in the robbery-murder. Her possible role in the case is being further investigated.<\/p>\n

Following consultation with the Openbaar Ministerie (Public Prosecution Service), the 29-year-old suspect was remanded in custody in the interest of the investigation.<\/p>\n

Fatal robbery<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 33-year-old man of Chinese descent was killed in the violent robbery on Friday, November 6, on David Simonsstraat. The victim was shot during the robbery.<\/p>\n

The case caused considerable concern in society and led, among other things, to worries within the Chinese community about the security situation in Suriname.<\/p>\n

The police investigation into the robbery-murder and the involvement of possible other suspects is continuing.<\/p>\n

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A 29-year-old woman has been arrested for renting the vehicle used in the fatal robbery-murder on David Simonsstraat. Her involvement is being further investigated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1445375691985227":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307","service":"facebook","timestamp":1794611717,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16290],"tags":[27373,27134,27374,27375,18585,27376,21265,27377,20664,27271],"class_list":["post-211917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-police","tag-arrestation-team","tag-crime-suriname","tag-david-simonsstraat","tag-fatal-robbery","tag-kps","tag-kwatta","tag-major-crimes","tag-robbery-murder","tag-surinamese-police","tag-suspect-arrested"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/media.keynews.sr\/2026\/07\/734152359_122331701192011040_6866568757122931023_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}