P-au-P, 08 from 2024 [AlterPresse]— The agent of the 32nd promotion of the Haitian National Police (Pnh), Barbara Fécu, was shot and killed this Wednesday, May 8, 2024, on rue Camille Léon, in downtown Port-au -Prince, by armed men, during a kidnapping attempt, confirms to the AlterPresse/AlterRadio platform, the general coordinator of the National Union of Haitian Police Officers (Synapoha), Lionel Lazarre.
The armed bandits opened fire on the national police officer, who was resisting a kidnapping attempt while she was accompanying a child to school, who is fortunately “safe and sound”, explains Synapoha.
The thugs took away the victim’s firearm.
The assassination of Barbara Fécu brings to 17 the number of police officers killed by armed bandits since the start of 2024.
From January to March 2024, 2,505 people were killed and injured in violence linked to armed gangs in Haitiaccording to a report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Binuh), dated Friday April 19, 2024.
These cases of assassinations and injuries increased by more than 53% compared to the period from October to December 2023. Which means that the first three months of the year 2024 represent the most violent period, since at minus the beginning of 2022, notes the Binuh.
Provisions must be made to meet the challenges of crime in Haiti, demands, in an audio message, Synapoha, castigating the behavior of the members of the Presidential Transitional Council (Cpt) who are tearing each other apart for the position of president and of prime minister.
No positive signal in the fight against crime in Haiti has yet been sent to the population, regrets Synapoha.
The Transitional Presidential Council is moving towards a rotating presidency, after dissensions linked to the designation of a prime minister outside the stages provided for in the crisis exit agreement of April 3, 2024.
The information was reported on Tuesday May 7, 2024, in the local and international press.
The members of the Cpt have been at loggerheads since the appointment, on April 30, 2024, of a president and a prime minister of the new transition.
The work of the Cpt seems blocked since a proclaimed majority of 4 out of 7 members tried to monopolize both the presidency of the Council and the government. [emb rc apr 08/05/2024 13:00]
