A slaying a week. A wave of homicides has sent the island’s homicide rate soaring, with authorities expressing deep concern at the rising tide of bloodshed as some use whatever they can get their hands on to commit crimes against fellow citizens. Attorney General Dale Marshall highlighted the trend, noting that the latest victim, who was chopped to death in his constituency of St Joseph on Wednesday, represents the 27th homicide this year – roughly one per week.
“This is the bloodiest two months we have seen in Barbados in a very long time,” said a criminologist who suggested the violence has exposed deeper wounds in Barbadian society. “In the space of two months, we have had more than 10 murders. There was a point when we were having almost a murder a day.
” “While firearm-enabled homicides throw our whole society into a state of fear, homicides by other means are no less devastating,” Marshall told Barbados TODAY . “We have now had several stabbing deaths, another with a piece of wood, yet another with a hammer and now a chopping death.” The Barbados Police Service confirmed it is investigating the unnatural death of a man found at a home in Little Diamond, St Elizabeth.
Inspector Rodney Inniss, the police spokesman, said the incident was reported as “a chopping up by use of a cutlass”. You Might Be Interested In Shots fired at police during morning chase Lawmen kept busy on New Year’s morning Man shot in Wanstead Gardens Marshall lamented that whil.
