Haiti’s gangs launch a fatal attack on the capital while tens run away

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AP)-the gangs launched a new attack on the capital Haiti, early Tuesday, killing an unknown number of civilians in what he used to be a peaceful neighborhood.

The attack on Delmas 30 began before dawn, with firearms ranging on the streets while people were running out of their houses, some babies who bind or transport older people on their backs.

“The country suffers,” said Moricette Cedric Christian, 27 years old.

He blamed the attack on the Viv Ansanm Gang coalition, which claimed responsibility for other recent attacks. “(They) do not want to survive,” said Christian.

Mass -Local Media reported that two Haitii soldiers were among the victims.

Police and police spokesman did not immediately return messages for comments.

A man who refused to give his name and recovered the body of a relative killed in the attack and placed it inside a maid.

“Look, many people are victims,” ​​he said, adding that it is difficult to find a refuge against a band attack. “Run right, you are blocked. Run to the left, you are blocked. “

In the last month, tape violence He left over 6,000 homeless people in the Port-Prince metropolitan area, according to a UN statement issued on Tuesday.

“Whole families have been brutally deleted in their homes, while others, including children and babies, were shot while trying to escape,” the UN said about the other attacks before Tuesday.

Last year, over 5,600 people killed in Haiti were reported, with violence in the band leaving Over 1 million homeless In recent years, according to the UN