Jamaica’s top policeman vowed today to capture the reputed underworld boss who escaped a bloody four-day assault on his slum stronghold amid growing claims that innocent people died during the fighting.

Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-strewn slum and said the death toll from four days of fighting sparked by the search for a reputed drug lord had risen to 73.

Security forces and criminal gangs have continued gun battles in Jamaica's capital for a second-straight day.

Four people were killed in a gun battle between police and gang members in Jamaica’s capital Kingston, police said today.