Gang members torched dozens of homes and vehicles in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent years.
Pont Sonde, in the agricultural Artibonite region of western Haiti, was attacked by gang members and killed at least 70 people. More than 6,000 people were forced to flee. It was reported by Reuters.
The incident occurred on October 3. Gran Grif gang leader Lacson Elan claimed responsibility for the massacre, saying it was revenge for citizens who remained passive while police and vigilante groups killed his soldiers.
According to the UN Migration Agency, approximately 6,270 people have fled their homes due to the attacks. Most have taken refuge with families living in nearby Saint-Marc and other towns, while others live in makeshift camps.
Local authorities said gang members torched dozens of homes and vehicles in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in recent years.
“This crime against defenseless women, men and children is an attack not only on the victims, but on the entire Haitian people,” Prime Minister Harry Conil said on television, adding that security forces were adding security to the area.
The director of police in charge of the Artibonite department has been replaced, a spokesman for the Haitian national police said.
“Reinforcements are currently on the ground to keep the situation under control and security forces are monitoring the situation,” the spokesman said.
The killings are a sign of the worsening conflict in Haiti, where armed gangs control large parts of the capital Port-au-Prince and are spreading into neighboring regions, fueling hunger and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless person Promised international support continues to be delayed, and neighboring countries are sending migrants back home.
We remind you that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the Haitian authorities to assign an international security mission to the islands as soon as possible. Last year alone, there were more than 3 thousand murders and more than 1.5 thousand kidnappings in Haiti.
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