00:00Moments after the gunshots rang out early Sunday morning in the Maho area of
00:08St. Martin, the van transporting Trinidadian dancehall artists Plumpy Boss
00:12as well as Meds Boss and others were shot up by unknown gunmen in what is
00:17suspected to be an ongoing gang warfare between seven and six gangs that has
00:22spilled over into several Caribbean islands.
00:30This was a video captured of Plumpy Boss' performance at the Keep Up Night
00:35concert before he left later with others and was attacked by unknown gunmen in
00:39the van that was taking them away from the concert venue. Plumpy Boss was hit in
00:44the head by a bullet while another unidentified person was killed and four
00:49others injured including Meds Boss and a woman. The driver of the vehicle still
00:53managed to drive the van to the airport where police arrived and an ambulance
00:57took the injured to the hospital. Plumpy Boss' mother in a telephone interview
01:01with a St. Martin radio station on Sunday appealed to the country's Prime
01:05Minister and authorities to assist her son. She said her son only went there to
01:10entertain the public and took a chance going into the rival gang area of
01:13Phillipsburg which she claimed is run by the sixth gang.
01:18His mother urged authorities to waive the
01:46restrictions so that he can get proper medical treatment although he does not
01:50have medical insurance in that country and either having flown to France or
01:54brought to Trinidad.
02:24Plumpy Boss is a member of the seven gang that is currently feuding with the
02:33sixth gang in Trinidad. A feud that has spilled over into other Caribbean
02:37countries with Jamaican artist Skeg represented for the seven gang and
02:42dissing fellow Jamaican artist Squash in a recently released song Keep It Up
02:46remix with Plumpy Boss. In that track Skeg said open quote seven to the world
02:52presidential compound close quote. Senior police intelligence sources say the gun
02:57attack on Plumpy Boss is connected to the ongoing music war that escalated in
03:02May last year following three attacks on six entertainers including Wakudan who
03:06was killed in St. Ann's in May 2023 and the failed assassination attempt on
03:11Cayman 6 in October and December 2023. Mark Besant TV6 News
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