Over 10,000 people have been displaced in Haiti after an escalation of violence in the north of the capital

More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in parts of central Haiti, the United Nations migration agency said on Wednesday, following a series of gang attacks in recent days, including at a hospital north of Haiti. capital.

Under-resourced police have battled heavily armed gangs, which have gained territory and significantly expanded their influence over the past year, forming powerful alliances especially in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Conflicts have expanded in recent months, increasing in regions like Artibonite.

On Tuesday morning, armed men attacked the Mirebalais University Hospital, one of the country’s main health centers. Days earlier, suspected gang members had attacked a police station in nearby Saut-d’Eau.

Haiti’s main private healthcare provider, Zanmi Lasante, issued a statement shared by local media condemning “the brutal attack that violates the moral treaty that considers hospitals to be neutral places, leaving patients and medical staff deeply traumatized.”

No people were killed or injured in the attack, but unverified videos on social media showed chaotic scenes with broken windows and hospital walls riddled with bullet holes.

Violence has been on the rise since last week, when the leader of the powerful G9 gang alliance, Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, said he would overthrow the government by force and called for a broader truce for gangs in the metropolitan area through a new alliance called “Living Together”. “.

The announcement caused internal conflict. The leader of a G9 alliance gang was killed by other alliance members near the capital’s Fontaine hospital on Tuesday, local media reported.

Source: Terra

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