Hanover killings may be linked to lottery scamming
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Security Minister Peter Bunting has linked Thursday night’s killing of a family in Hanover to lottery scamming.
“We are seeing how much of a danger lottery scamming is to the security of our country, Bunting said in condemning the killings. “We are paying for it with the precious lives of innocent citizens, men women and children.”
Bunting added: “This morning’s heinous crime shows that scamming not only affects those who participate and directly profit from it; but those who associate with them even where those associations are distant.”
He also made mention of the elderly along with the very young being targeted because of associations with individuals who are involved in the illegal activity.
“This price is too high, and as a society we must put a stop to this evil practice before it destroys our country, family by family, community by community,” Bunting said.