Holness, has pledged the Authorities’s continued help for the relations of victims affected by Sunday’s (October 5) gun assault at a household residence in Commodore, Linstead, St. Catherine.
This, Dr. Holness famous, consists of entry to counselling providers and help with any extra wants that will come up.
He was talking throughout a go to to the household residence on Monday (October 6).
“As I’ve met with among the relations, I’m seeing the place there are wants, and a few have even expressed specific help that they’d require. So your complete Authorities might be mobilised to offer help to the victims and the family members of the victims,” he mentioned.
Dr. Holness additional knowledgeable {that a} $2-million reward is being supplied for info that might help in advancing the investigation.
The Police reported that the incident occurred at roughly 8:45 p.m., when a number of males—some allegedly wearing police apparel—entered a household yard and opened fireplace on the residents.
The assault claimed the lives of 5 people, together with a four-year-old baby, and left 4 others injured.
Dr. Holness prolonged heartfelt condolences to the households of the victims and wished a swift and full restoration to these injured within the tragic incident.
He described the gun assault as an “act of felony terror”, stating that it was intentionally designed to elicit the very best degree of concern throughout the neighborhood.
“Because the households would have identified to me, they don’t really feel protected, they need to transfer, they really feel that there may very well be different assaults coming,” Dr. Holness mentioned.
He emphasised the brazen nature of the assault, noting that it occurred regardless of an lively police presence in Commodore on the time.
“This was designed to undermine the effectiveness of the State, as a result of this space was not with out policing. However these males felt that they had been emboldened in a bare-faced approach to come into this space and present that they aren’t in concern of the legislation and, the truth is, they might commit against the law with impunity, and as if there could be no consequence for this crime being dedicated,” Dr. Holness mentioned.
In response, he reiterated the directive issued by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Nationwide Safety and Peace, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, to members of the police pressure: they “should dedicate sources to this [incident] and concentrate on guaranteeing that the perpetrators are delivered to justice.”
Dr. Holness famous that whereas the police pressure possesses the capability to apprehend the perpetrators of Sunday’s a number of homicide incident, the method may very well be considerably accelerated with the cooperation of residents.
“Not simply the residents of this previously quiet and peaceable district of Commodore, however the residents usually. I’m sure that there’s a Jamaican listening to my voice or within the listening to of my voice who would have details about what has occurred and, with the best discretion, you’ll be able to cross that info to the police,” Prime Minister Holness urged.
