US EditionJamaican police kill 5 men as department criticized for surge in fatal shootings
ST. ANDREW PARISH, JAMAICA, JUL 22 – Jamaican police killed five men after officers faced heavy gunfire, amid a 121% rise in fatal shootings by security forces this year, officials said.
- Five men suspected of plotting a murder were shot dead by Jamaican police Monday afternoon in St. Andrew parish, with authorities reporting heavy gunfire and the escape of a sixth suspect.
- Jamaican security forces have fatally shot 177 people so far this year, up 121% from last year, while the Independent Commission of Investigations warned last week of increasing deadly force by security forces.
- Amid the confrontation, police said they came under heavy gunfire, and a sixth suspect nicknamed `Bloodstain` escaped, police reported the killings to Jamaica's Independent Commission of Investigations.
- The Independent Commission of Investigations noted weapons were alleged to have been pointed at officers and, without eyewitness or video evidence, verification is hindered.
- Despite the scale of these shootings, the commission noted that police didn’t use body cameras in any of those incidents, highlighting oversight gaps.
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Jamaican police kill 5 men as department criticized for surge in fatal shootings
Police in Jamaica say they have filled five men suspected of plotting to kill someone as the department comes under fire for a surge in fatal shootings.
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