By Glenroy Sinclair, Staff ReporterTHE POLICE High Command is currently exploring the possibility of setting up a temporary command post in one of several abandoned buildings in the volatile Mountain View Avenue community of South East St. Andrew.
At least 10 persons have been killed and several others shot and injured over the last 27-days in the area, in what is believed to be a politically-motivated feud between communities.
"We are accessing a number of places, taking into consideration officer safety, but we have not made a decision yet," Deputy Commissioner Lucius Thomas said yesterday.
Despite assurances by the security forces of a massive presence in the area saturating the trouble points the shootings and killings have continued and residents were seen with bags of clothing leaving the area, up to yesterday.
Several premises within the hot spots were searched by heavily armed members of the security forces. A curfew which had been imposed since Monday evening is expected to be extended until noon tomorrow.
Chairman of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), Bishop Herro Blair, who visited Monday's crime scene, 90 Mountain View Avenue, where four persons were shot, two fatally, has expressed disappointment that since July 2002 when the body began social activities among the residents, no guns have been handed over to the police.
"The only solution to this (violence) is to get in all the guns," Bishop Blair said. who has proposed to meet with the gunmen from both sides.
The Gleaner understands that a violent deportee has been implicated in Monday's double murder.
Contacted yesterday, a family member said the two injured persons were in stable condition. Marie Lynch, who was shot seven times has been admitted to hospital, while 69-year-old Vincent Williams, who lost his wife and grandson in the bloody attack on Monday, has been released from hospital.
