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Violence stalks the Caribbean

New Statesman "Only a few weeks ago, two gangs fought with such ferocity that the residents of Laventille, a small community, were pictured packing their belongings and fleeing to wherever they could find refuge. Three homes were burned to the ground; the dead bodies of young men lay among the ruins.
Kingston, Jamaica, I am told, leads the body count in the English-speaking Caribbean. In Guyana quite recently, a gun-toting gang shot up the police headquarters and proceeded along the east coast, where they massacred 11 villagers, including women and children."

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