are completely false, Police said yesterday.

Community and Media Relations Officer P.c. Gary Venning said Interpol offices in Jamaica had been contacted and a spokesman "categorically stated the rumours were not true''.

The rumour was reported on radio broadcasts all yesterday. Several residents claimed they had been contacted by friends or family in Kingston, Jamaica and asked whether it was true four Bermudians in the tour party had been murdered.

But P.c. Venning said Jamaica Police noted this year's Sunsplash was, in fact, one of the quietest on record from the point of view of crime.