Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites

It was scenes of chaos at hadi’s main airport on Monday as gang violence continued to take hold of the country battling with police and military shots were fired and people fled on foot it’s a situation that appears to only be getting worse since the country’s acting prime minister Ariel Henry traveled to

Nairobi on Thursday and gang leader Jimmy chier seized the opportunity for a coordinated attack in attempt to overthrow him in recent days gangs have overrun key government sites such police stations and the country’s largest prisons the US is keeping an eye on the events but is yet to commit troops we

Are closely monitoring the situation and condemn efforts by gangs to further destabilize and take control of Haiti um uh it’s our understanding that the prime minister is returning to the the country we think it’s important that uh that he do so and that he be allowed to do so in

A camp in Port oint displaced people line up for food and supplies they are among an estimated 15 ,000 people who have fled to the violence we left the gangs of armed men from Grand Ravine I didn’t have time to take any of my things even my underwear

I didn’t have time to take I was running I didn’t know what to do according to the UN an estimated 80% of the capital is controlled by gangs many Haitians were already displaced and now their future is more uncertain as the uptick in violence creates further instability

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.
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11 comments
  1. The Haitian people need to regroup and try again and the military needs to surrender from the Dominican border to the sea haiti will be free!!

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