New Year's party shattered by violence

[evanovitch]

Violence shattered a high profile New Year's party in St. Andrew early Friday morning claiming one of the first murder victims of 2010 in the Corporate area.
Gunmen early Friday morning invaded the Hennessy Black and White new year's eve party at the arena, shooting and killing a patron.

The incident occurred just as patrons exiting the National Arena after a night of partying.


But as the massive crowd filed out of the National Arena minutes after seven Friday morning two men reportedly rode up on a motorcycle.


One of the men then entered the building and loud explosions were heard.


The gunshots sparked panic among patrons who scrabbled for the the door in a bid to escape any possible injury.


When the massive crowd had exited, 37-year-old Patrick McDonald of Cromarthy, St. Catherine lay dead on the floor.


He had been shot several times in the head.


It is believed his attacker escaped shortly after on the waiting bike.


The Police, who were promptly on the scene, quickly tried to clear the area which was now teeming with curious on lookers.


Promoters of the show D and L promotions who were devastated by the incident said all was done to put in place adequate security at the venue.

[Marielle]

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SO [censored] SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank god for cuba!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no violence there!!!!!!!!!

YEA!!! Fidel and CHE, had the best idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marielle]

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LOL everything censored...........sad american [censored] LOL

not like the red light district 5 mins bike ride up the road LOL

[Tuff Gong]

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Shattered?
Wasn't this expect?
Three were killed last January. The trend at year end was 4.7 per day it seems normal!

[Wahalla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Marielle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">SO [censored] SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank god for cuba!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no violence there!!!!!!!!!

YEA!!! Fidel and CHE, had the best idea!!!!!!!!!!!!! </div></div>

Actually while yesterday the Jamaican papers were filled with storirs about Jamaican profits predicting doom and gloom.. Last night I heard this story of the Cuban BABAloos..

I love the fact that there is a group of Santarias closer to the goverment.. shades of the Russian Orthodox church ??? but why do they want to get rid of mis primos gallegos ?

Afro-Cuban priests predict social unrest in 2010
By Michael Voss
BBC News, Havana



Santeria has deep roots among Cubans of African descent
Some of Cuba's leading Afro-Cuban priests are predicting social unrest in 2010 and have called on the older generation of leaders to step aside.

The priests are from the influential Santeria religion, a mix of Catholicism and traditional African religions introduced by slaves.

They made their annual forecast after conducting animal sacrifices.

Their prediction is seen as politically contentious in a country still ruled by the aging Castro brothers.

The priests - or babalawos as they are called - made their forecast following a secretive New Year's Eve ritual on the outskirts of Havana.

Their prediction: a year of social and political unrest, struggles for power, and treachery.

They also warned that there could be a coup d'etat or other sudden political change.

Speaking about their findings, one of the leading babalawos, Victor Betancourt, said it was time for a new generation of leaders to take over.

&quot;Times change. The older generations should pass their experience on to young people because they are better prepared,&quot; he said.



Santeria is a fusion of Roman Catholic and ancient African beliefs
Cuba has been ruled for the past 50 years by the Castro brothers, Fidel and Raul.

Very few here have made such demands for generational change publicly.

Santeria has deep roots in Cuban society, where about a third of the population are of African descent.

Its religious practices have generally been tolerated by the Communist-led authorities, partly because it was heavily repressed before the revolution.

This is by far the most overtly political annual New Year forecast.

The priests believed 2009 would be a year of conflict between neighbouring countries and warned of the necessity to foment respect within families.

In 2008 they failed to predict that Fidel Castro would step down as president.

A rival Santeria group with closer ties to the government came out with its own prediction saying that 2010 would be a year of improving health, possibly referring to Fidel Castro's continuing recovery from major surgery.

[sistactry]

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Hennessy Black &amp; White New Years Dance was always a top notch affair No??? -

Tuff, this happened last yr too???

wow, i could have sworned this was the affair to be for N Years???