Haiti: UN says deaths rising sharply as gangs vie for power
A quarterly UN report on the situation in Haiti has logged a 50% increase in deaths in the country. Long plagued by gangs, several of them recently allied to target the unelected government and police more directly.
Gang violence led to 1,660 deaths and 850 injuries in the first three months of 2024 in Haiti, a UN report said on Friday.
That’s a more than 50% increase on the previous quarter’s figures, when the BINUH (or United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti) reported 1,104 deaths and 532 injuries.
Almost four in every five of the deaths or injuries (79%) took place in the lawless capital Port-au-Prince, as authorities struggle to retain control.
The report warned that recent months had also been characterized by more frequent and more organized gang attacks targeting government or law enforcement facilities.
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