A violent last 18 months in the BVI
In total, there were 115 recorded instances of serious offences such as assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, manslaughter, attempted murder, and murder last year.
Specifically, there were 98 cases of serious assault occasioning grievous bodily harm in 2023, up from 78 in 2022 and 95 in 2021. As of July this year, there have been 54 reported cases.
The previous year also saw a notable increase in attempted murder cases, with 11 recorded instances. This was significantly higher compared to 2020, 2021, and 2022, which had three, one, and four instances respectively. Up to July of this year, there have been five reported unsuccessful murder attempts.
In 2022, the BVI experienced the highest number of murders in the past three years, with seven recorded killings while 2023 had seven. So far in 2024, there have been five murders.
The RVIPF has announced that one person has been arrested and charged for one of the five murders this year, while the others remain under investigation. Additionally, two people have been arrested and charged with attempted murder in 2024, with three cases still under investigation.
As of July 2024, there have been 64 recorded serious crimes resulting in harm or death, including five attempted murders and 54 serious assaults occasioning grievous bodily harm.
The most recent murder occurred in late July in Road Town, where 34-year-old Jareem Todman was shot multiple times and subsequently died.
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This is where you end up when your country is lead by drug running money launderers who have their portraits, celebrated by hanging in the HOA.
Independence them say mehson
people shouting free ANDREW AND WEST BANK aka K wants independence mehson
That is exactly what they want. The ones that is out here hollering Free the drew and free West Bank is going to get some good hard fist in their mouths soon. F Andrew and F West Bank the undercover on the down low I like taking it in the behind man. Yeah, a lot of the ones playing THUGS. Is getting hit from behind on the down low. Don’t let me start leaking the tapes.
Heck to the yes. A lot of them that is going around with that criminal and bad man mentality is on the downlow. Why you think their pants is always sagging below their behinds. They be in some serious back door pain. Notice the way they walk in the sagging pants, it is not to keep the pants up from falling down their behinds be on fire.
like this are not good for BVI tourism!
Invest in the youths…
save the youths.. before it’s too late
Tell that to the youths’ parents! It’s not up to the government; parents have to take responsibility for raising their children. They brought childrend into this world, and it’s THEIR responsibility, not the government’s (a/k/a other taxpayers) to bear the financial and emotional costs of raising those children.
to much of our youths are getting hooked on drinking and smoking from a very tender age so their is nothing else left to do… as a elder I stop going out because it’s bad to see young mother and their under age kids liming and drinking at the same place.. some of these mothers even watch their young daughter be trouble by older mehn,,
it saddens me to see some of these young ladies in school clothes living double lives…Kids during the week and adults on the weekend..
the young men now move like they are the parents never home most have no jobs but u wonder how they afford to buy a brand scooter or wear big chains
parent need to be parents
People who know who the killers are just need to say who. Why would anyone from this Christian Territory protect killersnof an 11 year old girl?
That is why the Territory is going to suffer. How can they sit sit back and know who pull the trigger and kill an innocent little girl and continue to keep their F moths shut. THIS PLACE IS FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT EVIL DEMONS. THAT IS WHY I DONT F WITH NONE OF Y’ALL. Y’ALL IS TO DAMN EVIL IN THIS PLACE. WHEN PUNISHMENT IS HANDED DOWN FROM THE UNIVERSE……..
The hold of Tortola know is wB send the Hit on the wrong jeep. And I sure people done come forward but the police are pay off
We need to establish an annual PURGE. Just like in the movie series, only caveat is that prior to this annual event (prior to emancipation festival) the RVIPF disables the criminal elements from having weapons.
This way law-abiding citizens can PURGE without fear of being out-gunned by the organized criminal gangs.
We need out of the box thinking as these traditional law enforcement agencies cannot get a handle on this upward trend.
The real question is…how many crimes were solved!
Need to turn on the police that are dirt, throw them in and level some drugs on them. Lo**ack, Lo**on, co**er,ca**ve gorge, R** work for w Bank. Don’t worry it going to soon happened money don’t run things is man with big heart. Bad cops Bad cops what you going to do when they come for u
Them dirt up the jail guarding n them Boss who going to bodyguard the bodyguard.50 Cal out here
Thank you for sharing stats. We should all be absolutely clear on the statistics. Road deaths should be shared as well so that we can understand just how dangerous the roads can be. In Bermuda every road death is reported as a headline with the number for the year. Every person is aware. By being aware of the risks, people exercise more caution. helmets are worn on bikes and speed restrictions are observed. (Awareness and enforcement)
It is too easy to bury our heads in the sand if we don’t understand the real picture and know just how bad it is.