22 more murders in March over February

[Mosiah]

126 murders in March, but I can bet we can sleep better at nights, what with the zero tolerance stance against night noise!

[Naminirt]

once yuh have ah legal firearm yuh safe

[Mosiah]

Really? How many firearm holders have been murdered for their weapons?

[Time]

What do you mean by 126 murders in March? Do you mean 126 from January to March?

[Mosiah]

Do you mean 126 from January to March?

[Lazie]

St. Catherine North Police Division leads murder stats

The blood letting across the island continues and the figures are reflected in the crime statistics for March.

A review of the month, which ended 29 days ago shows a significant jump in the numbers reported for February.

The statistics released Tuesday morning show the official murder count for March is 126, 22 more than the 104 murders recorded in February.

The data also show that this is just 3 more murders than was recorded for the same period in 2007.

Twelve of the 126 murders were attributed to gang violence, 44 to some other criminal act, while the motive for 69 or just over half the murders has not yet been established.

In 79% of the murder cases, the gun was the weapon of choice.

Two policemen were also killed during the period under review while 12 women were murdered during March, five more than recorded in February.

The number of reported robberies in March increased by 27 to 198 compared to February's 171.

A breakdown of the figures from each Police Division revealed that the St. Catherine North Police Division recorded 18 murders, the highest in all the divisions.

This was followed by St. James which reported 17, Clarendon with 15 and the St. Andrew Central Division which had 13.

Westmoreland, Hanover and St. Mary reported the fewest murders with two cases each.

[Lazie]

12 out of 126 is gang related? Damn! This problem needs immediate attention rastah!

[Lazie]

"War a gwaan down di lane ... naah guh dung deh!" 6 killed in Central Kingston in 24 hours? What a gwaan?

[Time]

Backside - I neer realize that it was that bad. I guess its poor people dying because the goverment has not declared a state of emergency.

[Mosiah]

State of what?! If we haven't called one in the last 20 years, why now?

[Lazie]

Backside - I neer realize that it was that bad. I guess its poor people dying because the goverment has not declared a state of emergency.

State of Emergency? Fi wha give police more reason fi ruff up law abiding citizens?

[Naminirt]

police cannot establish a motive well if they cannot establish that how would they be able to solve it? curious what is the detection rate in JA how much of those crime get sloved.....

[Lazie]

police cannot establish a motive well if they cannot establish that how would they be able to solve it? curious what is the detection rate in JA how much of those crime get sloved.....

In Jamaica dem nuh talk bout cases "solved" .. dem more focus pon cases "cleared up". A few years back a wanted man called Bulby was killed. It is said he murdered about 800 people ... well ... since he got killed .. 800 murders got cleared up. Yet when dem same set of jokers kill a civilian and claim he is a gunman ... jokers like Karl tek it as gospel.