US EditionU.N. condemns reported massacre in Haiti that left more than 40 dead
- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned a gang attack on 11 September that killed at least 40 people in Labordrie, a village north of Haiti's capital.
- The attack by Viv Ansanm, a gang coalition designated a terrorist group by the US in May, followed days of gun battles and was fueled by power struggles after the killing of a gang leader.
- Guterres expressed condolences and urged Haitian authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice while calling on the UN Security Council to strengthen the Multinational Security Support mission aiding Haitian police.
- Labordrie residents included women, children, and elderly victims, with over 42 executed and a family of four wiped out, reflecting the severe toll of escalating gang violence.
- The ongoing violence exacerbates Haiti's humanitarian crisis, leaving six million in need and 1.3 million displaced amid severe funding shortages that may leave 1.7 million without aid.
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UN condemns armed gang attack in Haiti that kills at least 40
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, issued a statement Sunday condemning an attack by armed gangs in Haiti that killed at least 40 people. Violence has surged in Haiti since President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in July 2021 created a power vacuum that gangs exploited, using increasingly sophisticated weapons trafficked from abroad to seize territory from the weakened state. More than 5,600 people were killed in gang violence in 2024 alone…
Port-au-Prince., Dozens of people were killed this week in a fishing village north of the capital of Haiti, in the most recent massacre carried out by the powerful gangs of the Caribbean country, reported an official on Friday. Yesterday the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, condemned the fact.
Gang members set fire to the village of Lambodri after the murder of a local gang leader,
UN Secretary-General condemns brutal attack in Haiti
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union-bulletin.comUN chief condemns massacre in Haiti after gangs killed dozens in fishing village
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is condemning the latest gang attack in Haiti, a brutal massacre in a fishing village north of Port-au-Prince that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people, including a 4-year-old child and their grandmother.
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