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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Seven Die In Jamaica Election Violence
Updated: 23:22, Sunday September 02, 2007
Gunmen in Jamaica have killed seven people, including four women and a member of the governing party, in violence linked to Monday's general election.
Police on patrol in KingstonFour were killed in the George's Valley community in the south central parish of Manchester.
The other three died when gunmen attacked people in the Kingston suburb of McGregor Gully, a stronghold of the ruling People's National Party (PNP).
The latest two polls have shown support for the opposition Jamaica Labour Party surging ahead of Monday's vote, in which the PNP is seeking a record fifth consecutive victory.
Portia Simpson Miller, the Caribbean nation's first female prime minister, is seeking her first election victory since taking the reins of the PNP last year after long-serving Prime Minister PJ Patterson stepped down.
Jamaica has a long history of political violence, although it has tapered off in recent years. In 1980 nearly 900 people died in violence leading up to elections.
In July, police and soldiers were deployed to a volatile community near the capital, Kingston, to quell political shootings.
Police said the violence was politically motivated and the PNP said all seven dead were party supporters.
John Junor, an outgoing PNP member of parliament, said: "This is a clearly defined strategy aimed at intimidating voters on election day."
Gunmen drove through a section of the community early on Saturday and fired at a group of PNP supporters who were standing by the road, killing four, Mr Junor said.
Police identified one of those killed as Patrick Livingston, an executive member of the PNP group in the constituency.
In a separate incident, attackers threw two homemade bombs at the Constant Spring police station in an often violent northern area of Kingston, starting a fire in an administrative block and prompting police to boost security at other stations.
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Why the heck do we have to get so flippin' hot about politics. It's ridiculous.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Seven Die In Jamaica Election Violence
Updated: 23:22, Sunday September 02, 2007
Gunmen in Jamaica have killed seven people, including four women and a member of the governing party, in violence linked to Monday's general election.
Police on patrol in KingstonFour were killed in the George's Valley community in the south central parish of Manchester.
The other three died when gunmen attacked people in the Kingston suburb of McGregor Gully, a stronghold of the ruling People's National Party (PNP).
The latest two polls have shown support for the opposition Jamaica Labour Party surging ahead of Monday's vote, in which the PNP is seeking a record fifth consecutive victory.
Portia Simpson Miller, the Caribbean nation's first female prime minister, is seeking her first election victory since taking the reins of the PNP last year after long-serving Prime Minister PJ Patterson stepped down.
Jamaica has a long history of political violence, although it has tapered off in recent years. In 1980 nearly 900 people died in violence leading up to elections.
In July, police and soldiers were deployed to a volatile community near the capital, Kingston, to quell political shootings.
Police said the violence was politically motivated and the PNP said all seven dead were party supporters.
John Junor, an outgoing PNP member of parliament, said: "This is a clearly defined strategy aimed at intimidating voters on election day."
Gunmen drove through a section of the community early on Saturday and fired at a group of PNP supporters who were standing by the road, killing four, Mr Junor said.
Police identified one of those killed as Patrick Livingston, an executive member of the PNP group in the constituency.
In a separate incident, attackers threw two homemade bombs at the Constant Spring police station in an often violent northern area of Kingston, starting a fire in an administrative block and prompting police to boost security at other stations.
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Why the heck do we have to get so flippin' hot about politics. It's ridiculous.
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