About 90 people died in clashes between gangs It registered last week in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, as reported by the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH). 75 injured and 16 reported missing.
In a report, the agency detailed that the conflict was led by Gabriel Jean Pierre, the gang nicknamed ‘Ti Gabriel’, and an armed coalition known as the G-9 and Fanmi e Alye. Likewise, he said the epicenter was the Nan Brooklyn neighborhood in the Cité Soleil.
RNDDH stated that the leader of the G-9, an Fanmi e Alye, nicknamed ‘G-Pep’, launched an attack on Nan Broolyn. Drive ‘Ti Gabril’ out of the area and take control of the entire Cité Soleil communeAs reported by the Haitian news portal Gazzette Haiti.
“Among the dead, 21 charred, 74 people were injured by bullets or stab wounds. Same way, 127 digit Destroyed with explosives or set on fire by the G-9 and Fanmi e Alye thugsHe emphasized that the clashes between these gangs were not the first in the region.
In this sense, he detailed that similar clashes had already been recorded between January and May 2021 that resulted in 44 deaths, 15 injured and seven missing, before criticizing the authorities and Prime Minister Ariel Henry for “continuing this new practice”. The form of political governance imposed by the Jovenel Moise administration and characterized by euse of armed gangsto create a climate of terror in the country”.
“The different investigations of RNDDH reveal that it continues to be a part of the main victims of these shooting attacks and massacres recorded in disadvantaged neighborhoods since 2018. civilian populationbetween them the elderly, children, infants and people with reduced mobility‘ he denounced.
In this way, the body He also condemned the failure of the police force to intervene. and because the authorities remained silent in the face of these bloody events”, he asked the authorities to end “the current nepotism between them and the armed gangs” and “stop supplying money, weapons and weapons to the latter”. ammo”.
On the other hand, demonstrations were held in Port-au-Prince throughout the day on Wednesday to protest the fuel shortage, and barricades were erected in various parts of the city in this context. Motorbike taxi drivers and dissidents called for mobilizationsAs reported by Radio Métropole Haiti.
In this context, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Wednesday that 1.5 million Haitians do not have access to basic services as a result of clashes between gangs in the Haitian capital. “Immediate access is required for humanitarian workers to provide immediate assistance,” the agency’s office in Haiti said.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) NGO warned on Tuesday thousands of people were left without water, food or medical care In the Cité Soleil district of Port-au-Prince by armed groups fighting for control of the area.
Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the always turbulent political and economic situation in Haiti has been hit even harder. The power vacuum has turned into a security crisis, with daily assassinations and kidnappings, especially in large areas of the capital. Moreover, Henry’s term officially ended on February 7increased the legitimacy crisis and economic problems in the country.