The Bahamas has recorded its 119th homicide for this 12 months, the identical determine because it did for all of 2021 after a person was shot in Grand Bahama over the weekend.
Police stated the unidentified man was shot a number of occasions by a gunman shortly earlier than midnight on Friday. The person was taken to the Rand Memorial Hospital the place he was examined and pronounced useless.2
Police stated a minimum of seven individuals are helping of their investigations.
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Member of Parliament for St. Barnabas and Free Nationwide Motion (FNM) deputy chief, Shanendon Cartwright, acknowledged that the crime challenge throughout the nation is just not political at the same time as he urged the federal government to develop a “complete crime plan” going ahead.
“We acknowledge the complexity of our crime drawback and have stated it’s not a political challenge, however the authorities is failing to steer,” Cartwright instructed the Tribune newspaper, including “the primary duty of any authorities is to guard its residents and communities.
“On this regard, the federal government is failing to steer and because of this, is failing the Bahamian individuals. The Bahamian individuals have been annoyed and angered on the stage of crime in our nation,” he stated, recalling that in March, the opposition had outlined 14 suggestions on the problem.
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