Holness tells gang leaders to ‘tek weh demself’

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued a warning to gang leaders across Jamaica that they will be relentlessly pursued by the security forces following Sunday’s mass shooting in Clarendon in which eight people were killed.

“Every gang leader should tek weh demself,” Holness said at a media briefing on Monday morning.

He also confirmed that criminal players from overseas and incarcerated persons were behind the mass killing.

He called it an act of terror and said the killings represent an attack on every Jamaican and every community.

“We know that persons overseas are involved and connected in this matter. We know that persons who are incarcerated presently have connections in this matter. We know that multiple gangs are connected and involved in this matter,” said Holness.

“Every gang, every person who in any way facilitated, provided the arms or were involved and pulled the trigger themselves; we will find you… We will not treat this as another criminal act, we will treat this as an act of terror,” he added.

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