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Jamaica declares emergency in capital over violence

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Jamaica's government declared a state of emergency in parts of its capital city Kingston on Sunday after shooting and firebomb attacks on police stations by suspected supporters of an alleged drug lord who faces extradition to the United States.

 

The emergency covered the West Kingston and St. Andrews districts of the capital where gunmen fired on two police stations and set fire to another. The attackers were suspected supporters of Christopher "Dudus" Coke who the government is seeking under a US extradition request. (Reuters)

 

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