The Do­mini­ca gov­ern­ment Mon­day an­nounced plans for a lim­it­ed gun amnesty, the es­tab­lish­ment of a spe­cial unit to deal with firearm of­fences as well as the pay­ment to per­sons pro­vid­ing in­for­ma­tion re­sult­ing in the seizure of dis­cov­ery of il­le­gal firearms.

Prime Min­is­ter Roo­sevelt Sker­rit made the an­nounce­ment af­ter sev­er­al peo­ple were killed and in­jured in­clud­ing a mem­ber of the Lo­gos Hope, the world’s largest float­ing book fair, who was shot in the but­tocks last week as he walked in the cap­i­tal, Roseau.

The man has since un­der­gone surgery at the Do­mini­ca Chi­na Friend­ship Hos­pi­tal and his con­di­tion is not con­sid­ered to be life threat­en­ing.