Preliminary reports are that two people were killed in separate incidents in Rocky Point and Hayes, in Clarendon. In one incident it is said that the body of a man, estimated to be in his late 60s was discovered in his house with his throat slashed and multiple chop wounds. Meanwhile, a 40-year-old man known as Fitzroy was shot dead in Rocky Point.
In an attempted robbery in the Dunbeholden area of St Catherine, 63-year-old Lola Mullings was shot dead and her house burnt to the ground after she refused to meet the demands of the intruders.
A relative managed to escape unhurt.
Meanwhile, the body of an unidentified man was discovered about 9:00 pm with gunshot wounds in Stony Hill, St Andrew after residents reportedly heard explosions and called the police.