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malaise

(276,835 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:44 PM Aug 12

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Quite possibly the worst mass shooting in Jamaica

happened last night. Eight killed, nine injured at a birthday bingo party.
They are saying gang related. I suspect political gang.

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240812/victims-clarendon-mass-shooting-identified

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Quite possibly the worst mass shooting in Jamaica (Original Post) malaise Aug 12 OP

Sorry to hear this. :-( nt spooky3 Aug 12 #1

Gracious! Including a 7 year-old among the fatalities. One can only hope the perpetrators will be caught and LoisB Aug 12 #2

A baby is among the injured malaise Aug 12 #4

Heartbreaking. LoisB Aug 12 #8

Geez blm Aug 12 #3

This is insanity and it makes me furious. Diamond_Dog Aug 12 #5

And we don't make guns malaise Aug 12 #6

terrible. BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 12 #7

Sorry that this disease is spreading to your homeland, malaise 70sEraVet Aug 12 #9

Oh we have serious gun violence but mass shootings are rare malaise Aug 12 #10

Had enough time left over to make another stop and kill 2 more people. Wow. Judi Lynn Aug 13 #11

spooky3

(35,781 posts)

1. Sorry to hear this. :-( nt

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:46 PM

Aug 12

LoisB

(8,342 posts)

2. Gracious! Including a 7 year-old among the fatalities. One can only hope the perpetrators will be caught and

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:50 PM

Aug 12

the injured healed. My sympathies to the friends and families.

malaise

(276,835 posts)

4. A baby is among the injured

Reply to LoisB (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:54 PM

Aug 12

Madness

LoisB

(8,342 posts)

8. Heartbreaking.

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 08:08 PM

Aug 12

blm

(113,755 posts)

3. Geez

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:53 PM

Aug 12

Diamond_Dog

(34,210 posts)

5. This is insanity and it makes me furious.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:57 PM

Aug 12

malaise

(276,835 posts)

6. And we don't make guns

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:59 PM

Aug 12

Too sad

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(9,893 posts)

7. terrible.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 07:59 PM

Aug 12

70sEraVet

(4,064 posts)

9. Sorry that this disease is spreading to your homeland, malaise

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 10:06 PM

Aug 12

My heart goes out to the families and to the wounded.

malaise

(276,835 posts)

10. Oh we have serious gun violence but mass shootings are rare

Reply to 70sEraVet (Reply #9)

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 10:10 PM

Aug 12

There may have been two other ones that were pretty bad - I’ll check tomorrow

Judi Lynn

(162,168 posts)

11. Had enough time left over to make another stop and kill 2 more people. Wow.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Aug 13, 2024, 09:14 AM

Aug 13

What a shame.

No community should have to live with fear like this.

Thanks for sharing this information.

There are a lot of suffering people who were not prepared for such violence against them.

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