Death toll at 25 THE DEATH toll from the violence that gripped West Kingston from Saturday morning to Tuesday is 25, according to checks at the morgue and the Kingston Public Hospital. A total of 21 residents of the area were picked up dead at various locations in the community, a soldier and a police corporal shot dead there, and two district constables were slain at roadblocks far afield but set up in solidarity with protests in the troubled area. The names of the community dead were not available yesterday. The dead soldier is Lance Corporal Kevin Lawrence and the policemen are Corporal Mark Henry, District Constable Colin Thomas, 33, of the Rockfort Police Station, East Kingston, who perished after his car was shot up then set afire with him in it, on Mountain View Avenue, East Kingston, on Monday, while he was on the way to work before dawn; and District Constable Errol Stephenson of the Rio Bueno Police Station, Trelawny, who died after he was hit in the head while clearing a roadblock there. Edward Seaga, MP for Western Kingston for the last 39 years, and leader of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party, said the number of people killed in his constituency since Saturday morning totalled 20. He documented the fatalities thus: "Deaths from shooting by the security forces -- July 8-9, 2001: "The following is a list of the deceased whose bodies were left, unattended on the ground up to the morning of Monday, July 9, 2001: "Those starredare civilians who lost their lives at the hands of security forces shooting from the 'CMU's Command Centre' near to the Coronation Market. 1. Mad woman at a pedestrian crossing at Bond St. and Spanish Town Road. 2. Security guard who was on his way to work at Chestnut Lane and Spanish Town Road. 3. An old man in the lane facing the 'CMU's Command Centre' at Darling St. 4. Handcart man at Coronation Market and Spanish Town Road. 5. A man (known as a 'Rumhead') on Bond St. with a bag of groceries he purchased on Sunday. 6. An unidentified man at Pink Lane and Spanish Town Rd. 7 and8. Two unidentified men at Blount St. and Bond St. 9. An old man, shot in the back, at Regent St. and Spanish Town Rd. 10. A 20-year-old girl, shot between the eyes, at Regent St. and North St. "Deaths due to inability to access medical attention at the KPH July 8-9. 1. Old lady at Regent St. -- heart attack. 2. Old lady in Lizard Town -- heart attack. 3. Old lady in Tivoli Gardens -- heart attack. 4. Dawn Heron's diabetic father -- in Tivoli Gardens unable to get medicine for his diabetic condition. "Six cases in the KPH who either succumbed to gunshot wounds at the KPH or were pronounced dead on arrival. "Total loss of lives as of the morning of July 9, = 20 Total injured as of the morning of July 9, = 41
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