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Guardian staff and agencies in Kingston

Jamaican city gripped by violence after police shooting of gang boss

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New Jamaican military and police units in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in September 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Schools and businesses in a Jamaican city have been closed and taxis and buses stopped running after the police shooting of a powerful gang boss prompted a violent backlash.

Gunfire echoed throughout Spanish Town on Thursday and at least one business was burned hours after police shot dead Othneil “Thickman” Lobban, whom they described as a top leader of the One Order gang.

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