Police probing robbery, rape, double murder in St Elizabeth 

The police are on the hunt for a group of men who robbed a bar, raped the bartender, and killed two men in Malvern, St Elizabeth early this morning.

The deceased have been identified as 36-year-old Mickel James of Mount Pleasant in Malvern, and a man known only as Courtney of Santa Cruz, both in St Elizabeth.

The police say about 3:20 a.m., five armed men broke into the bar and robbed the establishment of a large undetermined sum of cash.

The gunmen also removed three poker boxes from the wall and stole cigarettes, musical equipment and a quantity of top-shelf liquor.

They then went to a room at the rear of the establishment and where they sexually assaulted the bartender, before escaping into nearby bushes.

An alarm was raised and community members carried out a search for the gunmen, during which their getaway driver was apprehended.

The residents managed to corner the men in a bushy section of the community.

In a bid to escape, the gunmen shot and killed James and the other man.

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