At least 28 alleged members of armed groups were shot down in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince by members of the National Policeas well as for civilianswho burned the bodies of more than twenty of them and scattered them throughout the city, which is practically paralyzed, while the clashes.
The information was confirmed to the local press by the National Policewhose spokesperson, Lionel Lazarspoke initially of 18 alleged gang members killed or injured.
Some of them were killed by police inside the houses in which they took refuge and, later, located by the civilians that ended up burning the corpses.
Los muertosaccording to information, are part of armed gangs that began to unfold in various parts of the capital between Monday night and Tuesday morning with the aim of establishing new bases in areas that are not yet under their direct control.
This balance is likely to increase again in the coming hours due to the records that are being carried out citizens in areas where it is believed that the gang members.
In messages that circulate through social networks for several days, armed gangs have announced attacks on Delmas y Pétion-ville with the aim of taking control of these areas.
The inhabitants of the areas of Nose, Lalue, Christ Roi y Bois-Verna they lived a night of terrorwith intense shots of automatic weapons that forced hundreds of people to spend the night awake.
The entire situation forced the paralysis of the commercial activities and the teaching in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Princewhere there are also blocked areas and they have been mounted surveillance brigades in search of more gang members.
At various points in the capital are occurring clashes between agents and the armed gangscreating a situation of panic in the capital. The main streets are empty, giving the impression that the capital is on strike.
The operatives of the Police They come a week after armed coalition gangs Vivre Ensemble (Living Together)led by former police officer Jimmy Cherizieralias “Barbecue“, will announce days of terror in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.
At the beginning of last week, two American commercial aircraft were shot, which led to the closure of the Toussaint Louverture international airportthe main one in the country, and the suspension of flights by several companies.
The HIM also temporarily suspended the delivery of humanitarian aid due to the impossibility of access to puerto and to airport in the capitaldue to the serious deterioration of the security.
Only between July and last September at least 1,223 people died y 522 were injured in Haiti as a consequence of the violence and the fight against bandsaccording to the United Nations Integrated Office in the Caribbean country (BINUH).
Added to this are the 3,900 victimsbetween dead and injuredin the first half of the year, after 2023 will close with some 8,000 victims.
(With information from agencies)
