Jamaica Tourists Told to Stay in Hotel Rooms Due to High Murder Rate

By Dean Weingarten

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- British Tourists flock to Jamaica, where they tend to stay in fenced in tourist hotels that are off limits to most locals. Now they being told to stay in their rooms.

The reason: sky-high murder rates and a recent spate of killings.

From mirror.co.uk:

British holidaymakers in Jamaica have been told to stay in their resorts by the Foreign Office after a state of emergency was declared following a series of shootings.

Troops have been put on the streets following the killings in Montego Bay, which is popular with tourists.

It follows a series of shootings including a driveby shooting which killed one person, and the shooting of another four times on a roundabout near to the main airport Sansgster international on Tuesday.

The country’s Prime Minister issued a State of Emergency and put security services and troops on the street to tackle the gunmen after a record 335 murders last year in the area.

He has now ordered a massive house-to-house search in the St. John’s area for the gunmen and tourists are being tole to stay in their hotel rooms.

The 2017 murder rate for Jamaica was 42.6 per 100,000 population, one …Read the Rest

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