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Four people are dead and three others including a Jamaica Defence Force Solider injured following a flare-up of violence in Wilton Gardens popularly known as Rema.
Three illegal guns have been seized by the police and military were combing the area for the gunmen behind the violence.
A number of men were detained in a major operation that was carried out in the area.
Two injured women and the JDF have been taken to hospital for treatment.
Thursday's incident is linked to an ongoing turf war in the volatile community.
Head of the West Kingston Police Division, Superintendent Delroy Hewitt told the RJR News Centre that he and his men are now on the ground trying to quell the violence.