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Haitians mourn victims of drone attack in gang-controlled slum
Hundreds mourn eight people killed in a drone strike targeting a gang leader amid escalating violence that has displaced over 1.3 million Haitians, aid groups report.
- Saturday, hundreds of Haitians attended a collective funeral in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, for eight people killed last month in a drone attack in the gang-controlled slum.
- Relatives and activists blamed police for the Sept. 20 drone strike, while Doctors Without Borders reported explosive drones targeted a suspected gang leader amid growing gang power since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenal Moise.
- Family members and residents of Cite Soleil mourned victims at a park, including four children and losses like Claudia Bobrun's 8-year-old daughter, Samira Nelson, and Jislene Statune's eldest daughter, 32.
- On Tuesday, the U.N. Security Council voted to authorize a 5,550-member international force co-sponsored by the United States and Panama, but millions of Haitians remain frustrated by lack of progress.
- Gangs now control 90% of Port-au-Prince and have expanded looting, kidnapping, sexual assaults and rape into the countryside, leaving more than 1.3 million people homeless in recent years.
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Hundreds of Haitians attended a collective funeral on Saturday for eight people killed in a drone attack last month in a gang-controlled slum in Port-au-Prince, the capital.
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