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Death of a town - Violence kills businesses; churches, school closed; 70% of residents flee Gobay

JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM: "There are no animals roaming the grassy plain or birds chirping in the woody terrain. No children playing marbles or 'stucky' in their yards. No farmers returning home laden with the day's harvest, and no women at the riverside washing clothes as is typical of many deep rural communities in Jamaica.
Instead, the square at Gobay in St Catherine, three miles outside Riversdale, is deserted. All shop shutters are tightly closed, giving the feel of a ghost town. The few residents who have not fled the community cower behind closed doors for fear that they will suffer a similar fate as many of their neighbours who have been gunned down in the last month."

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