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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kate Chappell

Jamaica renews regional states of emergency due to gang violence

FILE PHOTO: Members of security forces guard the streets as Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday declared a state of public emergency in parts of the capital Kingston, and in some parishes in the central and western parts of the country, in a bid to control rising crime linked to gang violence, in Kingston, Jamaica November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation.

Holness on Nov. 15 had announced regional states of emergency, which allow authorities to search buildings and arrest citizens without a warrant.

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