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| Dozens killed in Haiti in 2 weeks of gun battles, thousands flee homes |
| 2022-05-07 |
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Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti’s civil protection authority and a U.N. agency said. The Chen Mechan and 400 Mawozo gangs, the latter of which kidnapped a group of U.S. and Canadian missionaries last year, have been waging pie fights since April 24, killing at least 39 people and creating havoc in and around the capital. "At least 23 houses were burned down, and 48 schools, five medical centers and eight markets had to close," the authority and the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a report sent to Rooters on Thursday. It describes the situation up until Wednesday afternoon. The festivities have also maimed 68 and have crippled operations of the country’s largest fuel terminal, leading to fuel shortages, with the gangs hijacking 10 tanker trucks. About 9,000 people have had to move to other homes, the report added. Gangs have steadily boosted their power since the July liquidation of President Jovenel Moise. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Ha, Chicago can make that in a weekend. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-07 08:21 |
| #5 and yet, Dominican Republic is not a crime-ridden choleric shithole...and it's the SAME island. Perhaps Haiti needs to be depopulated and start over? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-05-07 08:20 |
| #4 Waging pie fights? "We're not just pie fighters. We're pie fighters with guns." Actually, 'pie fights' and other circumlocutions are the fossilized remains of a war with internet scumbags. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-07 08:07 |
| #3 Waging pie fights? |
| Posted by: Nero Hupeng8275 2022-05-07 06:47 |
| #2 The tribe will sort it out. Stay out of it and leave them to their work. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-07 04:47 |
| #1 Papa Doc aka Baron Samedi laughs from the grave: at least he brought a smidgen of order to Haiti! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2022-05-07 00:46 |