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Attorney General John Jeremie said Government had “no choice” but to advise the President to declare a state of emergency, citing an escalation in gang violence, mass shootings and credible threats to public safety.
Addressing the nation in a roughly nine-minute speech on state broadcaster TTT with no other media present, AG Jeremie said recent days saw “a number of violent criminal activities… carried out by members of organized criminal gangs”, in what he described as “the full gaze of a horrified population”.
He said criminal gangs had increased acts of violence “on a scale so extensive” they resulted in multiple deaths and mass shootings, with intelligence indicating the pattern was set to continue.
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