On October 18, 2024, several gangs launched an attack on several villages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, setting fire to houses and a church while gunfire flew everywhere.
Gangs started shooting in Solino, St. Michel, Tabarre 27, and other districts, killing at least one lady. Alarmed locals have been ringing radio stations since late Thursday, begging for assistance.
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Additionally, recently on X, a police union requested assistance, claiming to have knowledge that numerous shooters were getting ready to enter Solino.
A spokesman for Haiti’s National Police didn’t immediately respond to a message for comment.
Haiti’s temporary electoral council was supposed to be sworn in in downtown Port-au-Prince, but that location was changed for safety reasons, according to Radio Télé Métronome.
Six Bahamas officials came to Haiti on the 18th as the attacks persisted in order to assist Kenyan police in leading an operation funded by the United Nations to reduce gang-related violence. The authorities are the first of 150 Bahamas-based troops who are scheduled to arrive in the following months.
The reason behind the most recent incident, which occurred a few days after at least 20 alleged gang members were slain by Haitian and Kenyan police during an operation in a region under the 400 Mawozo gang’s influence, which is mostly active in Tabarre, remained unclear.
Eighty percent of Port-au-Prince is under the hands of gangs, despite efforts by gunmen to take control in neighborhoods like Solino.
