Scott-Mottley wants Gov’t to provide answers on deadly Sligoville shooting

Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign, Regional and Diaspora Affairs, Donna Scott-Mottley says it’s incumbent on the Government to provide an explanation on the deadly confrontation that occurred between members of the security forces and gunmen on Friday, October 16.

The deadly early morning shooting in the Five/Six Miles area of Mount Moreland, Sligoville in St Catherine, left two policemen and three alleged gunmen dead and a 10-year-old girl critically injured in hospital.

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Speaking in the Senate on Friday during her contribution to the debate on the Mediation Bill, Scott-Mottley, a veteran attorney-at-law, referenced a television news report of October 22 which showed a group of pastors visiting the crime scene.