Story
Home
/
News Article
Oct 22, 2024
Jamaica was rocked by another deadly mass shooting on Monday, this time in the east Kingston community of Rockfort.
Five persons were killed while two sustained injuries in the shooting incident at a football match in the Pleasant Heights section of the community.
It was the third mass shooting in recent months, following similar incidents in Cherry Tree Lane, Clarendon, and Bethel Town, Westmoreland.
Jamaica Observer photographers visited the scene the morning after and captured the aftermath of...
0 Comments ·
Recent Posts
Observer+ News
Nov 23, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba has been gripped by an outbreak of the viral disease chikungunya, as it b...
Observer+ News
Nov 23, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, is going to the 2026 World Cup -- ...
Observer+ News
Nov 9, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)- The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is mourning the passing of former Presid...
Observer+ News
Nov 9, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that any effort to combat ...
Observer+ News
Nov 9, 2025
MBABANE, Eswatini (AFP) -- Few places in the small African kingdom of Eswatini have a more feared re...