Haiti Violence: 99 People Have Died So Far
Haiti Violence: 315 people, including children, took refuge in schools to avoid gang violence in Haiti’s capital, 99 people have died so far.
Hundreds of children and adults fled Saturday after a gang attack at a high school in Haiti’s capital. Violence erupted on July 7 between two factions in Soleni, a densely populated area near the capital.
Francisco Serafin, the coordinator of the religious community group Kijito, said 315 people had taken refuge at the Saint Louis de Gonzaga school, which is in the Delmas district.
He further said that high school classrooms have been converted into dormitories, where teenagers and children are sleeping on small mattresses provided by non-profit groups.
While the classrooms are not being used due to summer vacations. There are also some people who are forced to sleep on the floor without a mattress.
There are also some people who are forced to sleep on the floor without a mattress. Serafin said that many of the children sheltered in the school have come without their parents.
Some youths were waiting in line to give information about their parents, some are missing and some have been prevented from leaving the site soil by the gang.
Haiti Violence: People asked for help.
16-year-old Jean Michelet said ‘We have a lot of help,’ he said, ‘The day the war started, that day I was at home.
There was a lot of firing. A bullet went through the roof and went through my head.’ He further said that a nun took him to the hospital to treat his injuries.
Michel said that many people were killed during the encounter. He said, ‘The situation is really bad.
Malnutrition is increasing due to gang war – United Nations.
A week ago, the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs reported that 99 people have been killed in the fighting in City Soleil so far.
United Nations humanitarian agencies have said that it is very dangerous for them to help people trapped in the neighborhood.
Jeremy Lawrence, the spokesman for the UN Human Rights Council, said most of the victims were ‘not directly involved in gangs’ but were targeted by gangs.
United Nations agencies said some gangs are denying people their access to drinking water and food, causing malnutrition.
