Police said the main Opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNC/R) had applied for permission for the viewing of the bodies of the protesters at the 1763 Monument Square in Georgetown yesterday.

Police denied permission and ranks were deployed on the square yesterday.

The bodies were not taken there for viewing and no incident was reported at the square.

Earlier in the day, at around 09:35 hrs, gunshots were heard south of Buxton, East Coast Demerara, along the Railway Embankment road, Police said.

A Police press release said that several other criminal acts were perpetrated during the day by "criminals" who were in the funeral procession.

At 13:30 hrs, two policemen on duty were assaulted at Hadfield and Haley Streets, Georgetown. One was slapped while the other was rescued by a public-spirited citizen in a motor car, the release said.

At 13:10 hrs a policeman on duty on Brickdam in the vicinity of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company was pelted with missiles.

At 14:55 hrs, a University of Guyana student who was a commuter in a mini-bus on the Friendship public road, was robbed of a bag containing text books, a calculator, head cleaning disc for a computer and a wallet with $1,000.

At 15:55 hrs a police traffic vehicle was pelted with missiles on the Buxton public road, resulting in damage to the right door. Simultaneously, branches and other objects were thrown across the public road, Police said.

At 16:30 hrs, the two coffins were paraded around Buxton and Friendship villages, and viewing of the bodies was done on the Buxton main road in front of the cemetery at 17:15 hrs, Police said.

At 18:15 hrs a group of persons on Brushe Dam, Friendship, pelted missiles at passing vehicles.

Police said the situation on the East Coast was "relatively calm" up to last night.