Recent crime data indicates that the tally of murders in Jamaica since the start of the year is currently nearing fourteen hundred.

1392 people were killed during the period January 1 to November 12, 2017.

This represents a 26 per cent increase over the same period in 2016.

It also roughly equates to four persons being killed on a daily basis in Jamaica.

Over 50 murders have already been recorded for the month of  November.

Between January 1 to November – St James recorded 273 murders, followed by Clarendon with 148, St Andrew South, 143, Westmoreland, 128 and St Catherine North 116.

Garfield Simpson,Shanna-Kay Simpson, Dian Pratt, Ricodel

via RJR

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Recent crime data indicates that the tally of murders in Jamaica since the start of the year is currently nearing fourteen hundred. 1392 people were killed during the period January 1 to November 12, 2017. This represents a 26 per cent increase over the same period in 2016. It also roughly equates...

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