Three dead and several hospitalized during a religious ritual in Jamaica

Three people died and several more were hospitalized after the Jamaica Police broke into the place where a religious organization carried out supposed murders as a ritual in a town in the northwest of the Caribbean island.

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The Jamaican Police reported this Tuesday through a statement that intervened after receiving information that a parishioner had been injured at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Church in Albion, outside the tourist town of Montego Bay, in events that occurred on Sunday night.

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The police officers, upon breaking into the place, were repelled by the shots of a man, who was finally reduced.

The event, according to preliminary information, had its origin in the disobedience by one of the parishioners to the instructions given to him by the leaders of the organization, according to the Police Commissioner, Anthony Anderson.

The man who disobeyed the orders would have been the first victim, followed by two others, whose bodies were found at the scene.

A witness and member of the group described the celebration as a ritual that included two days of fasting that, he said, turned into a nightmare when members of the sect said that blood must flow.

But before the ritual ended, the police broke into the Norwood Avenue facilities, where at that time 144 parishioners were, including children, who, supposedly, were waiting for the arrival of an ark.

Goats, cows and rabbits were found in the place when they were part of the script of the ceremony, as a result of which three people died, to which we must add many others who were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries of various considerations.

Photos obtained by local media showed men tied with ropes and some naked.

Participants in the ceremony include a policewoman attached to a police station in Kingston, teachers, tax collectors, military personnel and vendors, among others.

The leader of the sect was identified as Kevin Smith, who according to local media lived in Canada for 10 years before returning to Jamaica with a doctorate in psychology.

The police commissioner maintained that there is no evidence that other organizations of this type operate on the island, but stressed that if there were, it would be cause for concern.

Anderson admitted that the operations of the sect were under the knowledge of the police, but that a tragic outcome like that of Sunday was never suspected.

Police said the church leader was arrested and is being questioned regarding the events.

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