P-au-P, 13 from 2024 [AlterPresse] — A teenager was shot dead and several other people injured in repeated attacks by armed bandits from the coalition of gangs called Live togetherperpetrated since Friday May 10, 2024 against the Solino district and its surroundings, in the city center of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to information gathered by the online agency AlterPresse.
The victim was shot during an armed attack on Sunday May 12, 2024 against Solino.
An intervention by the Haitian National Police (PNH) made it possible to repel the attackers, who had caused a wave of panic in Solino, where bursts of heavy weapon fire were heard.
On Sunday May 5, 2024, a national police officer was shot and injured, in a new armed attack by Live together.
Monday May 6, 2024, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti (Ocha) firmly denounced the repeated attacks by armed groups against Solino and surrounding areas in the capital, Port-au-Princeaccording to the words of the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in Haiti, the Belgian Bruno Maes, playing the role of interim humanitarian coordinator.
Ocha called on the perpetrators of such acts to put an end to armed violence, to allow the population to live without fear, in complete safety, and for humanitarian actors to come to the aid of all those affected.
New bandit attacks and persistent gusts, which terrorized families residing in the city center or on the outskirts, took place in Solino and surrounding neighborhoods, during the evening of Wednesday May 1, 2024 and during the night, which followed.
In total, more than 5,000 people were displaced, following several armed attacks that occurred between April 25 and May 5, 2024. in the commune of Delmas, notably in the district of Delmas 24 and in Solino, registered the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
These internally displaced people headed towards the municipalities of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Croix-Des-Bouquets and Tabarre (in the northeast), she adds.
Among them, 51% found refuge with host families, while 49% settled in ten sites, including six new sites and four existing sites, according to IOM.
More than 95,000 people have been forced in recent months to leave the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, for other areas of the country.
From January to March 2024, more than 2,500 people 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. [emb rc apr 13/05/2024 10:40]
