Shallow graves, torture chamber found in Tivoli
Police say persons were hung by the arms from these nooses and beaten by thugs with a metal baseball bat.
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Police say this room was used as a torture chamber. (Photos: Lionel Rookwood)
THE security forces have found shallow graves and an
alleged torture chamber in an area of Tivoli Gardens they believed was
used by thugs to hold informal court sessions and inflict cruel
punishment on dissidents.
During an informal tour of an area this morning Jamaica Defense Force
soldiers showed the area located in a section of the community called
Java.
They also showed another location behind McKenzie Drive where persons
were buried in shallow graves.
“Civilians who did not fall in line with reputed don Christopher ‘Dudus’
Coke would be tried and if found guilty would be severely punished some
to the death,” said a policeman.
During the informal tour of the area several mass graves and an empty
wooden coffin was found.
Soldiers also showed a shallow grave where maggot-infested human remains
were found this morning. A human skull was also seen in the grave. It
appeared the person was buried in a standing position.
"This is just one of the many areas where we believe shallow graves are
located," one soldier said.
Residents however denied knowledge of the torture chamber or burial
sites.
source:Jamaica Observer
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