73 killed in Jamaica slum battles

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.

The target of the manhunt, Christopher “Dudus” Coke, was nowhere to be found. He is sought by the US on drug and arms trafficking charges and the US Justice Department calls him one of the world’s most dangerous drug kingpins.