Haiti gang clashes kill at least 78 in Port-au-Prince suburbs, UN says
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The violent clashes between gangs that are shaking the suburbs of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, have caused since Saturday at least 78 deaths, including 10 residents not involved, according to a provisional report communicated Thursday (local time) to the AFP by the United Nations Office in Haiti (Binuh). ...
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Gang violence has flared up in Port-au-Prince in recent days. Doctors Without Borders has never seen so many gunshot victims.
The poorest country in the Caribbean, Haiti is ravaged by the violence of gangs that are multiplying bloody attacks, kidnappings and rapes. And the situation has ceased to deteriorate over the past two years.
Haiti gang clashes kill at least 78 in Port-au-Prince suburbs, UN says
Clashes between rival gangs in the suburbs of Haiti’s capital have killed at least 78 people and wounded 66 since Saturday, the United Nations office in Haiti said on Thursday. The toll included 10 civilians. Haiti, the Caribbean’s poorest country, has faced spiralling gang violence and worsening insecurity over the past two years.
The representative in Haiti of the NGO M dicos Sans Frontières (MSF) warned to have the day for these fights and, due to the worsening of the situation, decided to temporarily withdraw one of its hospitals in Cit-Soleil.
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