Thousands in Haiti face uncertain future after gang kills at least 70 ...
Oct 7, 2024 · The Gran Grif gang killed babies and young mothers, older people and entire families, angry that a self-defense group had tried to limit gang activity in Pont-Sondé and prevent it from making money off a makeshift toll it had recently established on a nearby road.
Haitian gang slaughters at least 70 people as thousands flee - NBC News
Oct 5, 2024 · Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a...
A leader of a powerful gang in Haiti is injured in a police shootout ...
3 days ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A leader of one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a U.N.-backed mission began earlier this year, police said Tuesday.. The second-in-command of the Kraze Baryè gang, known simply as “Deshommes,” was shot in Torcelle, a community the ...
Gang attack in Haiti kills 70 people including infants - CNN
Oct 5, 2024 · CNN — Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the Gran Grif...
Gang Attack in Haiti Leaves 70 People Dead - The New York Times
Oct 4, 2024 · Federico Rios for The New York Times. The gang members, armed with automatic weapons, stormed into the small town of Pont-Sondé in central Haiti at around 3 a.m. on Thursday. Then they started ...
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new …
Jun 19, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the U.N. migration agency, a sobering figure that underscores the …
Gang violence is tearing Haiti apart. Here’s what to know
Aug 2, 2023 · Waves of crime and unrest have hit Haiti since the assassination of former President Jovenel Moise in 2021. His successor, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has struggled to staunch the violence, which...
Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads - UN News
Feb 9, 2024 · More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special Representative for the...
Gang violence spreading to Haiti’s rural reaches, UN report says
Nov 28, 2023 · CNN — A UN report released Tuesday details a wave of violence that has swept Haiti’s rural reaches, describing gang raids on villages and alarming levels of food insecurity caused by the...
Gangs tighten grip as Haiti spirals to collapse - BBC
Mar 11, 2024 · Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs. It comes after a sustained attack on the international airport, which remains ...