KINGSTON, Jamaica—The PNP Women’s Movement is calling for psycho-social services to be immediately provided to the community members and family of 10-year-old Shani Coke whose partially nude body was found with her throat slashed on a dirt track in bushes in Tyre district near Troy, Trelawny, Tuesday evening.

The PNP Women’s Movement made the call on Thursday in a press release.

Shaneen Roberts, vice president of the group with responsibility for Trelawny said “The people of Troy and the wider Trelawny have been rocked by this incident. We must stand with them as we navigate this time of extreme grief.”

The organisation further said: “It is unfortunate that the community resorted to ‘jungle justice’ in response. As a country we need to do more to gain the confidence of the population so that they will know that justice will prevail and swiftly without having to take things into their own hands.”

“We also need to examine and strengthen our resolve to create safe communities for our children. A UNICEF survey done in 2023 indicates that 23.7 per cent of our girls and 11.7 per cent of our boys experience sexual violence as children. This must be a turning point. We do not want another family to be made to grieve the loss of a child in such violent circumstances.”

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