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Jamaica official says gang wars driving rise in killings; new security policy being crafted
By Associated Press, Published: February 21
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is developing a new policy to battle crime as gang violence drives the homicide rate higher, the country’s top security official said Tuesday.
National Security Minister Peter Bunting said 165 killings have been reported by police so far in 2012, compared to 135 slayings during the corresponding period last year on the Caribbean island of 2.8 million people.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...DSR_story.html
By Associated Press, Published: February 21
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica is developing a new policy to battle crime as gang violence drives the homicide rate higher, the country’s top security official said Tuesday.
National Security Minister Peter Bunting said 165 killings have been reported by police so far in 2012, compared to 135 slayings during the corresponding period last year on the Caribbean island of 2.8 million people.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...DSR_story.html