KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica has recorded 34 murders throughout the first 11 days of this yr, based on figures launched by the Jamaica Constabulary Drive (JCF).
It mentioned that the determine was a 30.8 % improve for a similar interval final yr when 26 murders have been recorded.
Based on the JCF, St. Catherine South and St. Andrew South recorded 5 murders, a 400 % improve over the past yr, whereas St. Andrew South noticed a 300 % improve, registering 4 murders.
The JCF has since imposed a 48-hour curfew in your entire Kingston Western, St Andrew Central, St Andrew South, and St Catherine South divisions following an escalation in murders throughout the interval January 5-11, when 29 murders have been recorded.
The JCF figures present a 12.9 % decline in shootings, with 27 being recorded as towards 31 for a similar interval.
Final yr, Jamaica recorded a complete of 1,139 murders, a 19 % decline when in comparison with the earlier yr.
