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Jamaica declares southern state of emergency after Sunday night killings

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KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation’s southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate gun attacks on Sunday night, including a seven-year-old boy.

(Reporting by Zahra Burton in Kingston; Editing by Kylie Madry)

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