Security forces killed several people while repelling an attack on the central bank in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, according to one of their aides. “A group of criminals” attacked the central bank building on Monday, he said.
The bank’s security service, police and army repelled the attackers. Three or four criminals were killed. A security employee at the bank was injured by a shot, the employee reported to the AFP news agency.
The Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH) is one of the few institutions still active in the capital’s business district, which has been overrun by armed gangs for three weeks. Responded to.”
Gangs attacked wealthy neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince
Fourteen bodies were found in an affluent suburb of Port-au-Prince on Monday. Neighbors said the Laboule and Thomassin neighborhoods in the Petion-Ville suburb had been attacked by armed criminals since dawn. Witnesses said gang members attacked a bank, a gas station and homes in the area.
80% of capital in gang violence
Haiti is suffering from a huge wave of gang violence. The humanitarian situation in the Caribbean country has noticeably deteriorated in recent weeks. Criminal gangs now control large parts of the country and about 80 percent of the capital.
The gangs are accused of numerous crimes, including murder, rape and ransom extortion. According to the UN, about 362,000 Haitians are displaced in the country, more than half of whom are children. Nearly half of Haiti’s approximately eleven million inhabitants suffer from acute hunger.
Source: Krone
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