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Central Haitian town descends into fire and bloodshed from gang warfare
The Gran Grif gang, responsible for 80% of civilian deaths in the area, clashes with vigilantes amid a five-year surge in gang violence following Haiti's 2021 presidential assassination.
- The Gran Grif gang clashed with a Vigilante group early Sunday in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivi, leaving bloodied bodies scattered across the Jean-Denis neighborhood, regional officials confirmed to The Associated Press.
- Around 2023, Vigilante groups emerged in Haiti to strike back against Gangs, complicating a nation already reeling from five years of warfare following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel.
- According to the U.N., Gran Grif is the largest gang in the region, responsible for 80% of civilian deaths there. Vigilante groups often stone and behead suspected members.
- This brutal Vigilante justice complicates international pacification efforts even as it remains unclear how many people were slain in the rampage, though Videos show the bloodied aftermath.
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Central Haitian town descends into fire and bloodshed from gang warfare
Violence has erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group local, regional officials confirmed to the Associated Press.
Violence erupted Sunday morning in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite between a gang and self-proclaimed vigilantes, regional officials told the AP. A criminal group called Gran Grif left scores of bloody bodies on the streets of a neighborhood, set houses on fire and caused chaos among civilians, TASR reports. It is not yet clear how many people the gang killed.
Haiti's central city chokes on fire and blood in new wave of gang terror Militants killed civilians and burned down homes in the town of Petit-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite. The attack came amid a war between a gang and vigilante groups.
An armed attack that occurred early Sunday morning (29) called for at least 20 deaths and an unknown number of injured and missing persons in the Haitian village of Jean-Denis in the department of Artibonite. The attack, attributed to members of the criminal group of Savien, occurred while the community celebrated the traditional feast of La Ra-Ra, one of the [...] The post massacre in Haiti: At least 20 deaths first appeared on latinapress News.
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