US EditionGangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti’s central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes
Gangs control 50% of the Artibonite region after weekend attacks that killed civilians and displaced hundreds, highlighting a major security failure, U.N. reports 1,303 killings this year.
- Police made emergency calls for backup, stating that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control after large-scale attacks targeting towns.
- Guerby Simeus, a Pont-Sondé official, confirmed nearly a dozen deaths, including a mother and her child and a local government employee, with gangs still present in the town.
- Charlesma Jean Marcos, a political activist, said the gang had announced plans to invade the area, and urged survivors to take shelter in police stations and government offices until authorities regain control.
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SAINT-MARC, Haiti.– Strongly armed gangs attacked the central region of Haiti over the weekend and killed men, women and children while burning houses and forcing survivors to flee in the dark.The police made emergency calls calling for reinforcements, claiming that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under the control of armed gangs following large-scale attacks targeting cities such as Bercy and Pont-Sondé. “The people cannot live, they ca…
Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti’s central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes
Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as the gangs set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.
Strongly armed gangs attacked the central region of Haiti over the weekend, killing men, women and children while burning houses and forcing survivors to flee in the dark. Police made emergency calls calling for reinforcements, claiming that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under the control of the gangs following large-scale attacks targeting cities such as Bercy and Pont-Sondé. (Continue reading...) The gang entrance attacked Central Ha…
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