Jamaica News

At about 2:45 a.m. this morning, a man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle reportedly entered Ward One at the Spanish Town Hospital, and accosted medical staff who were attending to patients. The staff (including doctors, nurses and other attendants) were reportedly roughed up and robbed of their cellular phones, money, and jewelery.

One doctor, a foreign national, was reportedly gun-butted several times, after he apparently did not respond to an instruction from the gunman. Reports indicate that the instruction was stated in Jamaican patois, but that the Doctor did not understand and comply quickly enough.

The St. Catherine police reportedly conducted an operation at a Spanish Town church (identified as the Lighthouse Assembly Worship Centre) yesterday, where they reportedly held three alleged members of the notorious Clansman Gang.

Reports indicate that approximately 17 police and soldiers ‘barged’ into the mid-morning service with high-powered weapons, searched the three men, and took them away. The police are reportedly alleging that the men are using the church as cover for their nefarious activities, meanwhile reports indicate that at least one of the three men who were detained, was preparing to be baptised in the very same church.