PORT OF SPAIN – Police in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating whether two of its citizens were among the six people killed in a US air strike announced by President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

In a phone interview, police said residents of the village of Las Cuevas reported two Trinidadians were believed to be on the sunken vessel, but could not confirm the deaths.

At least 27 people have been killed in the US military escalation off the coast of Venezuela and in the Caribbean Sea. (AFP)