Footage from the scene appears to show artillery being fired into a crowd by regime security forces, seemingly a response to displays of disloyalty shown towards Elizabeth Regina's hand-picked successor. No official statements have yet been made on the atrocity, and none are expected, with state media typically refusing to even comment on allegations of this nature.

One thing is certain though, celebrations have continued over the death of the tyrant in the free republic in the archipelago's West, outside the reach of state censors.