Terror grips Sandy Bay
October 23, 2006
The people of Sandy Bay in Clarendon are terrified.
They say the once quiet community has been transformed into a battlefield. In the last two weeks, four persons have been killed, one man shot and injured and three houses torched. Families have fled the area.
The four dead persons do not include former People's National Party councillor for May Pen, Everton Thomas and businesswoman Carla Maye, who were shot dead at a bar on the periphery of the community last Wednesday night. Police say the double murder is not connected to the violence presently plaguing Sandy Bay.
Sandy Bay resident Roy Cooke argues his point - that the community needs a police post - to head of the Clarendon police, Superintendent Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight, at a meeting between the cops and the residents last Friday evening. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
"As dog bark everybody gone under them bed," one elderly man remarked during a meeting called with the residents by head of the Clarendon police, Superintendent Derrick 'Cowboy' Knight.
Another resident told the Observer that since the arson attacks, sections of the community have been without electricity.
"Me really 'fraid, especially at night time. You can't see nothing and you don't know who inna the bush," the woman said.
The scared residents are begging for a police post to be set up in the area....
Author: Karyl Walker
Source: Jamaica Observer
