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VM Spanish Town location remains closed due to violence

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The VM Building Society Spanish Town branch will remain closed Thursday given the surge in violence impacting the community.

“For your safety, we invite you to visit our Portmore branch or our Linstead branch today,” VM said in an advisory to clients.

VM Building Society Linstead Branch is located at 110 King Street, Linstead, St Catherine and VM Building Society Portmore Branch is at Lot 1 Sea Grape Close, Portmore.

Alternatively, many transactions can be conducted online at myvmonline.myvmgroup.com. 

Persons with questions are asked to contact VM’s Member Engagement Team at 876-754-VMBS (8627) or via live chat at myvmgroup.com.

The outbreak of violence started Wednesday after the police apprehended a person affiliated with a relative of a high-ranking member of the One Order gang. Gunmen and other residents clashed with police and staged violent protests which caused a lockdown of the town.

Several police service vehicles were damaged.

Things escalated Thursday morning after news circulated that a leader in the One Order Gang, Othneil ‘Thickman’ Lobban, was fatally shot by the police in the Six Miles area of St Andrew late Wednesday night.  

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