Jamaica declares southern state of emergency after Sunday night killings


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  • Thursday, 15 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness is pictured during the 44th Regular meeting of CARICOM at Nassau, Bahamas, February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Dante Carrer/File Photo

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation's southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate gun attacks on Sunday night, including a seven-year-old boy.

(Reporting by Zahra Burton in Kingston; Editing by Kylie Madry)

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