So, there have been four murders in less than a week, and what are the police doing to contain the crime spree? Here's how Vidal put it today.
Reporter
"Several murders on the Southside Belize City in particular. In terms of the response of the police department, can you speak to what the department is doing to mitigate against an escalation of crimes of this nature?"
Sr. Supt. Mark Vidal, OC, Southside Commander
"Right. We have made several changes in this regard. But first of all we must understand that this is not something out of the ordinary for this year. If you look at the statistics for January, there were 7 murders as well in that one month. We are looking at our deployment. We are looking at our intelligence given that these matters recently are gang related. So we are revisiting a number of areas with information where these incidents are occurring and we are in fact addressing them as we speak."
"We are cognizant of the fact that it is approaching the September festivities and we will do what is necessary to ensure that the citizens are safe in their communities and we are in fact doing so."
Belize City has seen a total of 7 murders for this month - but we have reported on eight in August, because police failed to report on Josue Arizandieta who died on July 31st, but it was not reported until 7News found out about it the following day.
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