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Imani Green Jamaica killing: Eight people arrested | Imani Green Jamaica killing: Eight people arrested |
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Eight people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a British girl in Jamaica. | Eight people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a British girl in Jamaica. |
Imani Green from Balham, south London, was inside her cousin's shop in the north coast town of Duncans on Friday when a man entered the store and an argument broke out. | Imani Green from Balham, south London, was inside her cousin's shop in the north coast town of Duncans on Friday when a man entered the store and an argument broke out. |
Police said the man opened fire. Imani died and three relatives were injured. | |
Deputy Supt Steve Brown, from Jamaica's police force, said the arrested people were being questioned. | Deputy Supt Steve Brown, from Jamaica's police force, said the arrested people were being questioned. |
"We have taken people into custody as we search for a motive for the attack," he told BBC Breakfast | "We have taken people into custody as we search for a motive for the attack," he told BBC Breakfast |
"We've heard about gang warfare but we find it a bit difficult to believe because where the incident took place it is a sleepy community, nothing happens there, it's an isolated incident. | "We've heard about gang warfare but we find it a bit difficult to believe because where the incident took place it is a sleepy community, nothing happens there, it's an isolated incident. |
"But it could be linked to a number of things and we are looking at all possibilities and following all the leads that we are getting. | |
"We are confident we will make a breakthrough very, very soon." | |
'Happy child' | |
He said the injuries of the three others shot, believed to be two women and a man, were not considered life-threatening. | He said the injuries of the three others shot, believed to be two women and a man, were not considered life-threatening. |
Imani, who was a pupil at Fircroft Primary School in Tooting, suffered from sickle cell anaemia and had been given permission by the school for her extended trip to Jamaica. | Imani, who was a pupil at Fircroft Primary School in Tooting, suffered from sickle cell anaemia and had been given permission by the school for her extended trip to Jamaica. |
Head teacher Anne Wilson said: "Imani was a happy, playful child who was popular with staff and pupils alike." | Head teacher Anne Wilson said: "Imani was a happy, playful child who was popular with staff and pupils alike." |
Imani, her mother and her sister had been staying with relatives in Duncans. | Imani, her mother and her sister had been staying with relatives in Duncans. |
The family arrived on the island on 27 December and were thought to have planned to return to the UK at the end of the month. | The family arrived on the island on 27 December and were thought to have planned to return to the UK at the end of the month. |
Her grandmother Sandra Fisher said she found Imani lying in a "pool of blood". | |
'Mercilessly slaughtered' | |
After the shooting, Imani's sister Janella Parmer said: "We heard gunshots. We ran outside and shouted 'Imani, Imani, Imani'. | After the shooting, Imani's sister Janella Parmer said: "We heard gunshots. We ran outside and shouted 'Imani, Imani, Imani'. |
"I picked her up off the ground and realised she was still breathing. | "I picked her up off the ground and realised she was still breathing. |
"I flagged down a car and they drove us to hospital." | "I flagged down a car and they drove us to hospital." |
Imani is understood to have been hit twice, once in the head. | Imani is understood to have been hit twice, once in the head. |
On Sunday, the high command of Jamaica's police force said Imani was "mercilessly slaughtered in front of family members in a hail of bullets as gangsters sought to exact revenge on their rivals". | |
The island's government said police were conducting an "extensive investigation into the matter and will expend every effort to ensure that the perpetrator is apprehended and brought to justice". |