Thirty people have been murdered in the country since the latest state of emergency was declared.

This was the figure provided by DCP Suzette Martin yesterday when she was contacted for comment on the two latest homicides which occurred at San Juan and Valencia on Friday.

She said motives would first have to be determined for the murders, but a number of killings committed during the state of emergency which was declared last month were gang-related while others involved people in other criminal activities.