KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Winston Ennis, has appealed to Jamaicans to do their part in safeguarding the nation’s children.
Ennis appealed earlier this week during the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSAMC) monthly meeting, where he strongly condemned the abduction and killing of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe.
“The level of heartlessness and cruelty can only be classified as incomprehensible and frankly demonic. I implore all of us, please take additional measures to protect our children, and if any of us suspects or sees anything, please report it to the police,” he urged.
Decrying the violent act against the child, Ennis said it was alarming as it took place on the heels of the recent Child Month celebrations.
“It is reprehensible to think that coming after Child Month in May when we were reminded as a society and a nation to nurture, protect, and celebrate our children, that such a dastardly act could be committed on such a young child,” he said.
On Thursday, June 8, Danielle was abducted from the Braeton Primary School in Portmore, in the central parish of St. Catherine, where she was a student.
She succumbed to injuries inflicted by her abductors in hospital last Saturday morning.
“As Councillors, we again have the sad duty of adding another name amongst the children who have lost their lives under tragic circumstances to the Secret Garden Monument on Church Street,” Ennis lamented.
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