Several residents of Solitaire Road in Seivwright Gardens, St Andrew, are now homeless after they were reportedly chased from their homes by gunmen on Friday night.
The approximately 26 residents, including young children and the elderly, have sought refuge in other sections of the community.
They told THE STAR that they were approached by persons and told to vacate their homes by 9 p.m. last Friday or be killed. "Mi deh inna mi house and a man come up to mi and seh 'hey gal come ya'. I did not move and him repeat seh mi mus come ova weh him deh, then mi get up and him seh drop the Bible and read this," one resident said.
The 'this' she referred to, was a note which she said read, 'Unoo better leave by later. Notice - Leave or Die'. She said she immediately took the note from the man and showed it to the other residents. Without delaying, she said, she and the other residents grabbed what they could and fled their homes.
Since then some of the residents have been 'kotching' with people in the areas they have run to, while some have found 'alternative' accommodations.
no war
The residents say they do not want any war, they just want to go back for their belongings because they were not able to move with anything. "All a wi furniture, wi clothes and everything lef ova deh, yuh see a one suit a clothes mi have. Mi cyaa badda, mi waan somewhere fi live. Mi jus waan move out," one said.
They say they have reported the matter to the Hunts Bay police but have not been given any assistance. However, crime chief at Hunts Bay, Deputy Superintendent Michael Phipps, told THE STAR that he was not aware of residents being ordered to move from their homes nor of any such reports to the police.
When the STAR team visited Solitaire Road, the area looked very deserted. The houses where the 'dislocated' residents lived were shut tight and efforts to speak with people proved futile.
The 'dislocated' residents, most of whom are relatives, theorised that they were chased from their homes as a result of the killing of a man to whom they are related. The man, Donovan Bailey, 34 , from Solitaire Road, was killed by gunmen on Chisholm Avenue, St Andrew, last week Wednesday. Some of the residents believe he was not liked by men from the Solitaire Road area, so when he was killed they used the opportunity to chase his relatives from that section of the community.
Several residents of Solitaire Road in Seivwright Gardens, St Andrew, are now homeless after they were reportedly chased from their homes by gunmen on Friday night.
The approximately 26 residents, including young children and the elderly, have sought refuge in other sections of the community.
They told THE STAR that they were approached by persons and told to vacate their homes by 9 p.m. last Friday or be killed. "Mi deh inna mi house and a man come up to mi and seh 'hey gal come ya'. I did not move and him repeat seh mi mus come ova weh him deh, then mi get up and him seh drop the Bible and read this," one resident said.
The 'this' she referred to, was a note which she said read, 'Unoo better leave by later. Notice - Leave or Die'. She said she immediately took the note from the man and showed it to the other residents. Without delaying, she said, she and the other residents grabbed what they could and fled their homes.
Since then some of the residents have been 'kotching' with people in the areas they have run to, while some have found 'alternative' accommodations.
no war
The residents say they do not want any war, they just want to go back for their belongings because they were not able to move with anything. "All a wi furniture, wi clothes and everything lef ova deh, yuh see a one suit a clothes mi have. Mi cyaa badda, mi waan somewhere fi live. Mi jus waan move out," one said.
They say they have reported the matter to the Hunts Bay police but have not been given any assistance. However, crime chief at Hunts Bay, Deputy Superintendent Michael Phipps, told THE STAR that he was not aware of residents being ordered to move from their homes nor of any such reports to the police.
When the STAR team visited Solitaire Road, the area looked very deserted. The houses where the 'dislocated' residents lived were shut tight and efforts to speak with people proved futile.
The 'dislocated' residents, most of whom are relatives, theorised that they were chased from their homes as a result of the killing of a man to whom they are related. The man, Donovan Bailey, 34 , from Solitaire Road, was killed by gunmen on Chisholm Avenue, St Andrew, last week Wednesday. Some of the residents believe he was not liked by men from the Solitaire Road area, so when he was killed they used the opportunity to chase his relatives from that section of the community.