Head of the North-Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Snr Supt Vern­ly Gift says that the ma­jor­i­ty of mur­ders com­mit­ted with­in his di­vi­sion were due to al­ter­ca­tions, as he ap­pealed for the pub­lic to be mind­ful of their anger and walk away from volatile sit­u­a­tions to avoid blood­shed.

Gift was re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia dur­ing an ori­en­ta­tion fo­rum for Pri­ma­ry School stu­dents tran­si­tion­ing in­to Sec­ondary School at the El Do­ra­do West Sec­ondary School yes­ter­day.

He was al­so asked to com­ment on the mur­der toll, which now stands at 190 – the same fig­ure record­ed dur­ing the cor­re­spond­ing pe­ri­od last year.