Gunmen in Jamaica killed eight people early on Friday Morning. Police later shot dead two of the suspected killers following the early morning murders in St. Catherine County, west of the capital Kingston.
A church was set ablaze in the violence on the island, which has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world.
In the first attack, the gunmen killed a mother and her daughters aged 24 and 11 and a son aged 16 after kicking down the door of their home. They then attacked another house where they killed a grandfather, his son, his grandson and a nephew.
Police said the two suspected gunmen killed by police were known members of the Clansman Gang, which operated near the old capital Spanish Town in an ongoing bitter gang turf war over drugs and arms. Five other gang members were being sought.