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Jamaica police say 6 suspects killed at checkpoint

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican police say six suspected members of a criminal gang have died in a shootout with police near the tourist zone of Montego Bay.

Police say in a statement that police returned fire when they were met with gunshots as they tried to stop a car at a highway checkpoint Saturday night in the town of Adelphi, about 10 miles (15 kilometres) east of central Montego Bay.

Authorities say one officer was wounded and six suspects killed. They blame the gang for several murders around Montego Bay.

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