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At least 70 people killed in gang attack on Haitian town, UN reports

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A violent gang attack occurred in the town of Pont-Sondé. The UN Human Rights Office reported that at least 70 people were killed, including three infants, and 16 people were seriously injured. The gang, identified as the Gran Grif gang, set fire to 45 houses and 34 vehicles, forcing some residents to flee. A government prosecutor described the attack as a "massacre." The attack occurred on Thursday and was one of the deadliest in Haiti's Artibonite department, a region known for its agriculture. The UN reported that at least 3,000 people were forced to flee their homes due to the attack.

  1. UN Human Rights Council
    1. Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to shoot at the population, killing at least 70 people, among them about 10 women and three infants.
  2. CH
    Thameen Al-Kheetan
    UN Human Rights Council
    1. We call for increased international financial and logistical assistance to the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.
    2. We are horrified by Thursday's gang attacks in the town of Pont-Sonde in Haiti's Artibonite department.
  3. HT
    Garry Conille
    1. You will not subdue this people who have always fought for their dignity and freedom. We will never give up our right to live in peace, in security, and in justice.
    2. To those who sow terror, I say this: you will not break our resolve. You will not subdue this people who have always fought for their dignity and freedom. We will never give up our right to live in peace, in security, and in justice.
    3. This heinous crime, perpetrated against defenseless women, men, and children, is not only an attack on these victims, but on the entire Haitian nation.
    4. Security forces, backed by our international partners, are reinforcing their intervention.
  4. HT
    Frantz Alexis
    St Nicolas Hospital
    1. The patients we admitted had gunshot wounds in almost every part of their bodies.
    2. They had been shot in the chest, abdomen, thigh, leg and other areas. … We often receive gunshot wounds in this area, but this is the first time we've had such a large number all at once. It's unprecedented.
  5. HT
    National Human Rights Defense Network
    1. The new state authorities put in place by the international community had promised to bring order and security to the country.
  6. HT
    Luckson Elan
    Gran Grif
    1. It's Pont-Sonde residents who are at fault. What happened in Pont-Sonde is the fault of the state.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.The Times of India
  6. 6.BBC
  7. 7.CTV News
  8. 8.Associated Press
  9. 9.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Inflation
  3. 3.Organized crime
  4. 4.Riots
  5. 5.Gangs in Haiti
  6. 6.Hunger

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.HaitiHT
  3. 3.KenyaKE
  4. 4.Russian FederationRU
  5. 5.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Gran Grif
  2. 2.UN Human Rights Council
  3. 3.United Nations
  4. 4.National Human Rights Defense NetworkHT
  5. 5.Magik9
  6. 6.Multinational Security Support Mission
  7. 7.UN Security Council
  8. 8.Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite
  9. 9.Haitian Ministry of HealthHT
  10. 10.Haiti National Police
  11. 11.Human Rights Network
  12. 12.Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

persons

  1. 1.Ronald Sanders
  2. 2.Garry ConilleHT
  3. 3.Luckson ElanHT
  4. 4.Johnson André
  5. 5.Pierre Esperance
  6. 6.Prophane Victor
  7. 7.Aida Pelaez-Fernandez
  8. 8.António GuterresPT
  9. 9.Bertide Harace
  10. 10.Bill Berkrot
  11. 11.Frantz AlexisHT
  12. 12.Harold Isaac

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
  2. 2.Multinational Security Support