Shootings between rival gangs have claimed more than 50 lives since Friday near the capital haitianPort-au-Prince, said Monday, July 11, 2022 the mayor of Cité Soleil, Joel Janeus.
The shootings that took place in this poor suburb of Port-au-Prince left more than a hundred injured, including at least 50 seriously, added Joel Janeus.
“Bullets went through the roofs of houses and killed the people who were lurking at home”said the mayor of Cité Soleil. “People who were trying to flee were hit by balls. »
According to the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste, gangs are also preventing access to the Varreux oil terminal. West Indies Group, the Haitian conglomerate that operates this oil terminal did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Varreux oil terminal blocked due to the gang war in Cité Soleil https://t.co/drdIOsTV7J via @novellist
— Le Nouvelliste (@nouvelliste) July 10, 2022
Also asked to speak, Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s office also did not immediately respond.
Haitian gangs have grown in power since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.
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