KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Gunmen attacked a police station on Monday, wounding two officers in retaliation for the police killing of one of Jamaica's most wanted men, authorities said. Donovan "Bulbie" Bennet, 43, was killed in a joint police-army predawn raid on his home near Spanish Town, where his Clansman gang operated, said assistant police commissioner Linval Taylor. An associate of Bennet's was also killed in the shootout.
At around 3 a.m. Monday, unidentified gunmen attacked the Spanish Town police station, strafing the facade and two squad cars, presumably in retaliation for Bennet's death. Two police officers were wounded, treated at a hospital and released, said police spokesman Jean McDonald.
Bennett, who was sought for murder and extortion, was on the island's most wanted list for more than 10 years. For the past three years, Bennet led his Clansman gang in a feud with the One Order gang for control of the town, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of the capital, Kingston.
More than 1,250 people have been killed so far this year on the Caribbean island of 2.6 million -- 200 of them in Spanish Town, one of the most violent areas. There were 1,467 homicides in 2004. Authorities blame most of the violence on the drug trade. | Quagmire! Better send in the U.N. |
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