Gang attack in Haiti's Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead | UN News
WEB1 day ago · 4 October 2024 Peace and Security. An attack by a notorious gang in the town of Pont Sondé, Haiti, left at least 70 people dead on Thursday, after gunmen armed with automatic rifles opened fire, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. Among the victims at the hands of the so-called Gran Grif gang were 10 …
Gang Attack in Haiti Leaves 70 People Dead - The New York Times
WEB2 days ago · 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 ...
Explainer-After Haiti Suffers Fresh Gang Massacre, What's Behind …
WEB1 day ago · The early morning attack on Thursday in the central Haitian town of Pont-Sonde was launched by members of the Gran Grif gang. They gunned down at least 70 people, including infants, as the ...
Haiti gang attack kills 70 people including infants | CNN
WEB1 day ago · CNN —. At least 70 people, including three infants, were killed in a gang attack in the central Haiti town of Pont Sondé, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday ...
Gang attack on a Haitian town killed at least 70 people, UN says | AP News
WEB2 days ago · Updated 8:25 AM PDT, October 4, 2024. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The tally of victims killed in this week’s brutal attack on a small town in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members has risen to at least 70, the U.N. human rights office said Friday. Bodies lay strewn on the streets of Pont-Sondé following Thursday’s attack in the ...
At least 70 people killed in gang attack on Haitian town: UN
WEB2 days ago · 4 Oct 2024. At least 70 people have been killed and 3,000 forced to flee when armed men belonging to the Gran Grif gang attacked a town in central Haiti. The Office of the United Nations High ...
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new …
WEBJun 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 magnitude of the Caribbean nation’s crisis.
Gangs tighten grip as Haiti spirals to collapse - BBC
WEBMar 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 ...
Haiti: Everything you need to about the ongoing violence | AP News
WEBMar 12, 2024 · It’s easy to blame this latest spasm of violence in the West’s first free Black republic on longstanding poverty, the legacy of colonialism, widespread deforestation, and European and U.S. interference.
Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads - UN News
WEBFeb 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...