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<span style='font-size: 20pt'>JLP candidate for Rae Town Division shot</span>
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Tension is high in sections of Central Kingston Sunday evening following the shooting of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the Rae Town Division, Rosalie Hamilton.

Ms. Hamilton, who sustained a wound to the chest, is in stable condition in hospital.

RJR News has been informed that the JLP candidate might undergo surgery Sunday night to have the bullet removed.

Angry residents have since blocked roads in the area.

There is now a heavy police presence.

It is reported that shortly after 1 o'clock Ms. Hamilton was with other persons sitting outside the gate to her Rae Town house.

An alleged eyewitness told our news centre that a man from a nearby community walked up and opened fire indiscriminately.

One of the bullets hit Ms. Hamilton.

Ms. Hamilton, who was elected Councillor for Rae Town following the 2003 Local Government Election, was last week nominated for the December 5 polls.

And Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronnie Thwaites, is appealing to residents of Rae Town to remain calm.

Mr. Thwaites spoke to our news centre on his way to the community.

Senior officials of the Government including Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Ken Baugh, National Security Minister Derrick Smith as well as JLP General Secretary Karl Samuda went to the area to try and restore calm.

In the meantime, Chairman of JLP Area Council One, Desmond McKenzie, has asked the Minister of National Security to provide increased police presence in the area.

Mr. McKenzie says he is worried that there could be reprisals.

http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/3300/47/

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Well them start the war so lets see how they are going to deal with the reprisals.
This Councilor has been under threats forever she even said that every since Ronnie Flakes has become the MP the Area once peaceful have become very violent.
I am surprised that the JLP had no taken steps to have her protected before this.

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<span style='font-size: 20pt'>JLP councillor shot, injured on Gold Street</span>

BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter [email protected]
Monday, November 26, 2007

JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Rae Town Division in Central Kingston, Rosalee Hamilton, was yesterday shot and injured when gunmen attacked her outside her business place on Gold Street, in what residents claimed was a politically-motivated shooting.

Gold Street residents who later blocked sections of East Queen Street to protest against the shooting of Hamilton, blamed persons from the nearby community called 'Tel Aviv' - a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold - for the shooting.

The residents said Hamilton, who was shot five times in a similar attack years ago, was being targeted to prevent her from defending her seat in the December 5 local government elections.

One of Hamilton's relatives told the Observer that shortly after 2:00 pm the councillor was outside her bar relaxing her hair when gunmen fired through an opening in a fence and shot her in the chest.

Residents said other persons were outside with the councillor at the time and believe that Hamilton was deliberately targeted as she was the only one in the group who was injured.

"Is politics causing this just because them know say she ago win and them a try stop that," said another relative.

The shooting was immediately condemned by Central Kingston Member of Parliament Ronnie Thwaites.

"What it has brought out is some of the historical animosity between Tel Aviv and Southside because there is an instinctive feeling that it must be the result of some political acrimony," the MP said.

Thwaites said he had gone into Gold Street yesterday to try to encourage persons not to engage in any kind of bitterness, although according to him, "I perfectly understand the anger of the people at the corner of Gold Street."

This, however, provided no solace for the adamant group of mainly women and children who had converged at the intersection of Gold Street and East Queen Street to vent their anger against the shooting of their councillor.

"The shot almost touch her heart and them say if it did go an inch closer she woulda dead," said Hamilton's teenage daughter.

"Dem shot har five times already in har head and back and she never dead so she no fi dead by shot because she strong," a resident said.

Yesterday, the Gold Street residents claimed they were being taunted by men from Tel Aviv who had threatened to kill Hamilton.

"You see dah one deh pon the building, awhile ago him talk say she must dead and she soon dead," a resident said, even as she threatened that they will soon be made to pay for their actions.

The Gold Street residents also accused the police of being one-sided and claimed that their communities were being targeted.

However, Inspector S Lawrence of the Kingston Central police denied the claims, saying that there have been times when Tel Aviv residents also levied similar accusations against Gold Street residents.

Inspector Lawrence said a police buffer was set up in the community and that police were posted in the area yesterday when the shooting occurred.

Meanwhile, in anticipation of a possible reprisal, Inspector Lawrence said the police would be maintaining a strong presence in the community, leading up to the December 5 elections and beyond.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...OLD_STREET_.asp

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<span style='font-size: 14pt'>Two killed in predawn attack in Gobay</span>

TK WHYTE, Observer correspondent
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Samuel and Norma Morrison in happier times. Samuel was killed by gunmen early Sunday morning while Norma, who was also shot and injured, is now in hospital in critical condition.

GOBAY, St Catherine - Gunmen invaded the sleepy Gobay district of North East St Catherine during a predawn attack Sunday, killing two people and injuring another.

The dead have been identified as 59-year-old higgler Samuel 'Jack' Morrison and Cecil 'Dougie' Campbell, a 45-year-old farmer. Morrison's 47-year-old wife Norma is in critical condition in the Linstead hospital.

Residents told the Observer that about 1:00 Sunday morning, gunshots were heard and it was later discovered that the Morrisons were shot inside their two-apartment house. Shots were also heard about a mile away where Campbell's body was found.

On Sunday, Clayton Morrison, the couple's 23-year-old son, said that his mother called him on his cellphone about 1:15 am and told him that three gunmen had kicked open her room door, killed her husband and shot her in the chest.
Official reports from the Riversdale police said the husband's bullet-riddled body was found on the floor, while the wife was found in another room with bullet wounds all over her body. Meanwhile, Campbell's body, which too had several bullet wounds, was found some 10 chains from his house.

"De place get bad. A pure gunman (inna) the area. Since last week a three man gunmen kill in ya and five get injured. We haffi go move out. We can't stay ya at all," said a schoolmate of Clayton Morrison. He said Morrison and his wife attended the Church of God of Prophecy and, as far as he knew, did not trouble anyone.

The shootings sent shockwaves and fears throughout the rural district and at least 10 families were seen moving out of the community hours after the brutal atttacks.
The police, up until yesterday, had not established any motives for the killings. The victims, they said, were not robbed.

But Member of Parliament for North East St Catherine, the Jamaica Labour Party's Gregory Mair, believed the killings were politically motivated. Campbell, he said, was a key JLP worker while the Morrisons were JLP supporters.

He expressed concerns over what he said was a series of shootings in the area in recent months, saying that four people have been killed over the past week.

"Gobay has become a nest for certain elements who have come to create havoc. But what is of great concern is that this is happening just before the parish council elections," Mair said, adding that Gobay had strongly supported the JLP during the September general elections.

He called on the government to establish a police post in the area.

"I am going to meet with the minister of national security and I want to get the presence of the police and the army in here effective this week. In the interim, I want to work out a plan to have a police post put in here permanently to weed out the criminal elements," he told the Observer.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html...K_IN_GOBAY_.asp

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JLP shot up - 3 persons injured

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) team shot at - Three persons injured, one fatally in St Thomas attack
published: Tuesday | December 4, 2007

Mark Beckford, Staff Reporter

<span style='font-family: Arial Black'><span style='font-size: 14pt'>Gunmen last night brazenly opened fire on Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for West St. Thomas, James Robertson, while he did last-minute campaigning for tomorrow's local government elections, injuring three persons in the process. </span></span>

<span style='font-size: 11pt'><span style="color: #CC0000">The police confirmed that one man died in hospital last night from gunshot wounds.</span></span>

According to initial reports from the police, there was a JLP motorcade in the Seaforth area of the parish when, upon reaching Navarre Lane, shots were heard.

<u>Men running in bushes </u>

Robertson, who is Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, told The Gleaner last night that he, local government representatives and members of his team were walking in Navarre Lane when they saw a group of six young men running in bushes.

He said the men then opened fire on the group. "A gentleman to my left was shot in the head, my driver who was to my right was shot in his wrist, and a man who was behind me was shot in the back," Robertson said.

<u>'Rein in supporters' </u>

The minister said he knows the identity of the young men and claim they support the Opposition People's National Party (PNP). This was not confirmed by the police. Robertson has, however, called on the leadership of the PNP to rein in their supporters. He said he would be increasing his own security.

<span style='font-family: Arial Black'>This shooting comes over a week after the shooting of JLP councillor for the Rae Town division Rosalee Hamilton. Ms. Hamilton, who lives in the volatile Southside community in central Kingston, was sitting at her gate with a group when a lone gunman approached and shot at them. She was shot in her chest. She has since been released form hospital and on Sunday resumed campaigning for tomorrow's polls. </span>

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http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20071204/lead/lead1.html

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<span style="color: #990000"><span style='font-size: 14pt'>PNP Chairman shot in Central Kingston</span> </span>
Tuesday, 04 December 2007

People's National Party (PNP) Chairman for Central Kingston, Joseph Knight, is in critical condition after being shot in the constituency Monday night.

It is reported that shortly before 8 o'clock, Mr. Knight was on East Queens Street when a car drove up.

The occupants opened fire hitting him twice in the stomach and arm.

Mr. Knight, who is 60 years old, is also the campaign manager for the PNP candidate in the Rae Town Division Ann-Marie Morrison.

Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronnie Thwaites, says Mr. Knight was shot as he was about to make his way to a campaign meeting in the Division.

"He lives on East Queen Street and he was coming from the premises and as he was entering his car to attend a campaign meeting at about seven o'clock. A car passed him slowly and he was shot four times," said Mr. Thwaites.

Mr. Knight's shooting has sparked fresh tension in sections of Central Kingston.

The area has been on edge since the recent shooting of another political representative.

Two weeks ago Jamaica Labour Party candidate for the Rae Town Division Rosalie Hamilton was shot.

Miss Hamilton was reportedly sitting outside her house on Gold Street when a man opened fire hitting her in the chest.

Miss Hamilton is still recovering from her wounds.

Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie has been leading her campaign for Wednesday's Local Government Elections.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This looks like war [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad2.gif[/img] </div></div>
Well one would be foolish to thing that such an atrocity would go unpunished.