KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 12, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Monday said that the authorities will be using Sunday night’s shooting incident that left eight people dead and several others wounded in Clarendon, south of here, to “deal with the gangs once and for all.
“We cannot allow this incident to be treated merely as another criminal act. It is not merely a criminal act. Organised crime violence is an act of terror and we must treat them as criminal terrorists
“The security forces have been given the directions, Operations are already underway from all levels. Intelligence…from in the field, we are seeking the support of our partners to get those who are overseas, who are facilitating, directing and funding the criminal operations here. No stone will be left unturned.
“I want to give the Jamaican people the reassurance that your government will use this as the opportunity to deal with the gangs once and for all,” Holness told reporters following an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NEC), adding “it is indeed a sad day for all of Jamaica”.
Police confirmed that eight people were killed when three gunmen alighted a vehicle and fired indiscriminately upon a group of people who were celebrating a the birthday of a 26 year-old man.
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