Nomination Day was marred by violence yesterday, with an opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) motorcade shot at, leaving one man dead and others injured, and clashes between supporters of the JLP and ruling People’s National Party (PNP) elsewhere.
The death of an unnamed man in Flanker, Montego Bay, in the parish of St. James, came two days after a shooting at a JLP rally – said by police to be a result of warring Sparta and Rebel gangs in the Flanker community. In that Sunday night incident, three people were killed and six others injured and officials from both parties, along with police and other groups in the country pleaded with Jamaicans to leave violence out of the campaign leading up to the February 25 general elections.
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