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P-au-P, July 30, 2024 (AlterPresse) – 104 bandits have been killed in clashes with the Haitian National Police (Pnh), especially in the Ouest and Artibonite departments (North), according to the interim director of the agency, Rameau Normil, who spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, subsequently reported by AlterPresse.
As a result of the National Police operation, 65 people were arrested, including five jailbreakers, and 19 guns, seven vehicles and 9.24 kilograms of cocaine were seized. Since Wednesday, July 17, 2024, a state of emergency has been declared in 14 cities in Haiti where criminal gangs are active..
The Nationalists killed Guerby Joseph, a member of a gang active in bandit hideouts in Cité Soleil (northern suburbs) to move goods.
On July 24-25, 2024, three bandits who attempted to capture the town of Gantir (east of Port-au-Prince) were also killed by the Nationalist Party.
On 28 July, another 27 gangsters were killed in Croix-des-Missions (northern suburb) during a police operation.
More than forty bandits were killed in Gresier (south of the capital) during clashes with the Kuomintang.
However, according to testimonies received by AlterPresse, these actions have not restored calm in some of the affected areas, where the situation remains tense. The local authorities of Croix des Bouquets and Gressier, where the highest number of bandits have been killed, admit that residents are still not free to go about their business.
Rameau Normil condemned negotiations and drunkenness aimed at misleading the population about the kidnapping phenomenon, while stressing that the number of kidnappings in July 2024 had decreased compared to July 2023.
The National Party’s operation comes against the backdrop of Kenyan police assisting the National Party in thwarting armed gangs in the country.
Haiti declared a state of security emergency 48 hours after a new contingent of 200 Kenyan police officers arrived in Port-au-Prince, in addition to the 200 police officers already in Haiti since Wednesday, June 25, 2024.
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Binuh) stated in a report that between April 1 and June 30, 2024, 379 people became victims of murder and injury, and 428 people were kidnapped in violence related to armed gangs in Haiti.
Binuh noted that 77 percent of the victims were male, 20 percent were female and 3 percent were children.
He noted that the figures showed a nearly 45 per cent drop in murders and maimings and a 2 per cent drop in kidnappings compared to the previous quarter.
According to a report released by Binuh on Friday, April 19, 2024, there were 2,505 casualties from January to March 2024. (emb gp 30 April 2024 at 6:55 pm)
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