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August 12, 2024

WATCH: Four armed motorcyclists arrested in Cherry Tree Lane

— Police believe men were on their way to carry out reprisal killing

CLARENDON, Jamaica— Four armed men riding motorcycles have been arrested by police just metres away from where eight people, including a seven-year-old child, were killed on Cherry Tree Lane Sunday night.

READ: 7-y-o among eight dead in Clarendon killing spree

Information reaching Observer Online indicates that the bikers were on their way to an area where they believe the men involved in last night’s gun attack are from.

Lawmen who are on the scene following the shooting on Sunday arrested the men. The firearms and motorcycles have been seized.

The Cherry Tree Lane community is now under curfew.

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