Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness has condemned the latest brutal beating of a 14-year-old woman in Denbigh, Clarendon.
The teenager was ambushed and overwhelmed mercilessly by a bunch of ladies, rendering her unconscious. A video of the incident has been circulating on social media, and exhibits the group seemingly cornering after which beating the teenager to an unconscious state.
It’s understood that {the teenager} was not the supposed goal of final month’s assault, however moderately, her mom.
The police had initially acknowledged that an grownup lady among the many now accused individuals is reportedly in a love triangle involving herself, her boyfriend, and one other lady.
Holness mentioned the incident is a tragic reflection on the society and is an illustration of the challenges the nation face in tackling not solely the amount, but additionally the severity of crimes.
“I used to be very distressed by this type of savage violence being unleashed on a toddler by adults who appear to have no college of understanding that that is one thing that shouldn’t be accomplished,” he acknowledged.
“And even after they had been being taken away, they appear to be as in the event that they did nothing fallacious. It’s confounding to me how folks will be so brutish to one another, and it’s worrisome,” Mr. Holness added.
Holness famous that the incident reinforces the necessity for an elevated social response to violence, whereas including that the society has normalize points such because the beating of youngsters and intimate accomplice violence.
“No quantity of policing goes to resolve these points, and that’s the reason the Authorities, having made the huge investments within the police, the army and the safety structure, we at the moment are shifting to construct out a parallel system of delivering the social companies which can be wanted to deal with with violence,” the Prime Minister acknowledged.
Prices have been laid in opposition to seven individuals, together with 4 youngsters, in reference to the December 30 brutal beating of the teenage woman.
The injured teen was later assisted to the hospital, the place she was admitted in critical situation.
She has since been launched from the hospital, however now suffers from some reminiscence loss and walks with a limp.
