By: Staff Writer
October 19, 2021
A Jamaican cult went down in gunfire on Sunday night after police raided its compound on a tip that human sacrifices were taking place.
Three persons were killed at the Pathways international Restoration of Montego Bay after a tense shootout with police. 43 people at the church are now in custody, including its lead pastor Kevin Smith, after the police raided the compound on Sunday night after 7pm. It is alleged that a member of the church fired at the police.
The Pathways international Restoration of Montego Bay, St. James on Sunday evening was the scene of a bizarre sacrificial ritual leaving two dead, a man and a woman believed to have had her throat cut. Both believed to have been stabbed & shot as part of a sacrifice.
Reported by Nationwide News, the deceased male member of the church was reportedly seen on his stomach with knife and gunshot wounds to his back. Members of the church were heard saying that he was shot and stabbed by a senior church member.
The female, who was said to be sacrificed, was seen lying face down, dressed in white with her throat slashed.
Also reported by Nationwide News, another man who attacked police force personnel with a knife was killed.
The Police reportedly acted on intelligence that the cult were performing human sacrifice rituals and visited the location.
Those in custody are the cult’s leader, “His Excellency” Kevin Smith along with several cult members. A man & woman dead.
The enigmatic Mr Smith has been making waves in the Caribbean recently with several of his videos going viral. The videos proclaimed a conspiracy within Canada and Jamaica to force people to take the vaccine and how additionally, the lockdowns was a way to strip away your freedoms and a part of an evil plot to steal your soul.
Mr Smith even performs exorcisms as videos on his page display clearly.
A series of cryptic messages on Mr Smith’s Facebook page starting at about 2am on Sunday morning revealed how rapidly Mr Smith’s mental health was deteriorating. Messages telling his audience to “get on the Ark” and revealing that the number 999 significant along other strange messages went unnoticed by the authorities up until the grisly murders and tense standoff with police officers.