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(WINN) — The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis recorded its 13th and 14th murder due to gun violence on Monday morning, June 05 2023.
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force confirmed that a male and female were killed on Rectory Road, Greenlands.
Police were on the scene to carry out the first phase of their investigations.
The June 05 murders were the 2nd double homicide in the Federation for the year 2023. The first double homicide occurred in Stapleton Village St. Peters on Saturday, March 25.
The double homicide came eight days after the murder of Rashaaun Hopkins of Lower Thibou Avenue on May 27, 2023.
The recent spate of murders raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Alternative LLifestyle Pathway Programme, known colloquially as the Peace Programme and also brought into question the Government’s ability to curb the scourge of gun violence in the country.
Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew in an interview with SKN Vibe’s Jermine Abel said St.Kitts and Nevis will be onboard with the CARICOM’s initiative of tackling acts of crime and violence from a public health standpoint.
“Well of course, I will continue to speak about it. I was in Trinidad and Tobago a few weeks ago where we expected that there would be an increase in acts throughout the Caribbean and CARICOM was there charting a new course of looking at violence from a public health perspective and that is what we are going to implement here; and at the same time, here in St.Kitts and Nevis, we call for people to do what is right and refrain from negative activities. The Government will do what it has to do.”
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Eighty percent of the homicides committed within the past decade were carried out by firearms, said Former Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy during a graduation ceremony for police officers in January 2022. He also admonished officers to step up their game, as the Federation saw an average of 21 homicides between 2012 and 2021.
Statistics for the period 2012 to 2022 showed that in 2012 there were 18 homicides, 21 in 2013, 24 in 2014, 29 in 2015, 32 in 2016, 23 in 2017, 23 in 2018, 12 in 2019, 10 in 2020, 13 in 2021 and 12 in 2022.
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One response to “Brazen double homicide rocks St. Kitts”
CARICOM head of government should stopped their nonsense and do the right thing. Whilst heads of government are engaged in “charting a new course” an innocent life is taken.
CARICOM should learn from Jamacia, Haiti and Trinidad. There have been numerous interventions, but all to no avail, it has got to the point where there have been shootings
occurring inside of a church in Jamaica., whilst politicians are pussy footing around.
The simple and most effective solutions to murderous activities of those degenerates is to bring back hanging or administration of a lethal injection.
How long will government continue to ignore the voice of the people?
Individuals who engaged in heinous crimes such as gun and knife crime have no place in civil society their actions signifying their lack of regards for themselves and none for others.
I grew up in Antigua in the 1960s , we had hanging on the statutes back then, my generation were taught “thou shall not kill”, we also knew what the consequences were for rape or murder so we abstain and life in Antigua was a safe one. Restore hanging and save the Caribbean from sinking!!