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Rights Group: Haiti Gang Attack Kills At Least 70
Rights groups said the assault killed at least 70 people and displaced nearly 6,000 as police launched operations across the region.
- On March 28–30, armed Gran Grif gang members attacked Jean-Denis in Petite-Riviere, Artibonite, burning homes and setting roadblocks that forced nearly 6,000 people to flee.
- The United States designated Gran Grif and Viv Ansanm as Foreign Terrorist Organizations last year, citing them as "the primary source of instability and violence in Haiti."
- Police confirmed 16 fatalities, though rights group Defenders Plus reported at least 70 people killed, with gang control of the area hindering verification efforts.
- United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric condemned the violence, while advocacy groups criticized the delayed police response and "abandonment of Artibonite to armed groups."
- More than 1.4 million Haitians have been displaced by gang violence, and this massacre threatens the Artibonite region's agricultural output, intensifying calls for sustained international security intervention.
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Armed men perpetrated further attacks on Tuesday in the Artibonite agricultural region of Haiti, a few days after a gang assault in the Jean-Denis area on the weekend left about 70 people dead, according to human rights groups and local residents. The National Police reported that they were conducting operations in various areas of Artibonite on Tuesday.
Haiti gangs continue attacks in breadbasket region after massacre
Armed men mounted further attacks in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region on Tuesday, days after a gang’s weekend assault in the area of Jean-Denis left about 70 people dead, according to human rights groups and local residents
Fired houses, crowded civilians and saboteured streets to work for the police. Amnesty International speaks in "massacre" and another "atrocity" in "a series of crimes" in Haiti can't stop.
Members of the "Gran Grif" gang appear to be responsible for the deadly attack in the town of Petite Riviere
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