Jamaica: Latest Updates · Global Voices
Twitter has been buzzing with the latest developments regarding Jamaica's state of emergency. Things began to look “much better” late yesterday: wanted men were turning themselves in, one international mainstream television station was reportedly going to “apologise for [its] ‘inaccurate report'” (although some tweeple were of the opinion that “an apology [was] not enough”) and all seemed quiet in areas that had previously been fierce battlegrounds.
Then came news that people were “throwing grenades at a house on East Kirkland in Red Hills”, (apparently an affluent area), to which <PERSON> commented:
They mus think <PERSON> deh deh RT @bigblackbarry: @anniepaul multi story, very affluent street.
@endzoftheearth: @anniepaul red hills gun battle. Not hearing anything any more – so look like it has ended. Heard abt tivoli flareup lastnite as well
<PERSON> confirmed that the “raid in West Kirkland Heights (Red Hills) earlier this morning was in search of <PERSON>”, providing this link along with her tweet. She later added:
UPDATE: At least 1 reported to be dead as a result of 5 hr long standoff in Kirkland Heights http://wp.me/pOV83-dH
But to her, the math was off:
“60” dead, 4 guns recovered, 500 detained, 0 <PERSON> ? Wha kinda Maths that?
It appears, however, that security forces may be closer to capturing the man at the center of the standoff. 142
Journalist <PERSON> linked to a story which provided details on the Red Hills search in this tweet and rumours swirled that ‘<PERSON>’ may have been among a group of people recently taken into custody; those reports are still unconfirmed. <PERSON> sums it up well:
Meanwhile, <PERSON> is nowhere to be found. The wrath that rained down on Tivoli was for naught; rumors are swirling that <PERSON> escaped in the heat of battle, slipping past the soldiers, that he has already handed himself over to the US, that he is in Venezuela, kicking it with <PERSON>. His legend grows by the hour.
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