Haiti violence: About 10 people shot dead, 1 injured in new attacks by armed gangs at cabaret and Alcahai

Arcahie (Haiti), August 7, 2024 (AlterPresse) – About ten people were killed and another was wounded by bullets in the communes of Cabaret and Arcahie (more than 40 km of National Road 1, north of the port of au-Prince), during a new attack by armed groups on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Jean Edner Gilles, interim executive agent of Arcahaïe, informed the AlterPresse/AlterRadio platform.

Robbers from Canaan killed nine (9) people and burned five (5) houses in Cabaret.

Despite attempts by Haitian National Police (Pnh) agents, supported by the population, to resist, these criminal gangs shot and killed one (1) person and injured another in Akai.

When armed bandits attacked in early August 2024, many families had to leave the area in a hurry.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 About twenty people were killed and several houses burned down.Joseph Jeanson Guillaume, the main temporary executive agent of Kabale, told the AlterPresse/AlterRadio platform, during a new attack by armed bandits in Source Matelas, the third public area of ​​Kabale.

Saturday, March 11, 2023 About ten people were killed.during an armed conflict between a group of people and armed gangs in Source Matelas askby the so-called bowin the town of Kabale.

Since October 1, 2023, these armed groups have regularly attempted to take control of Akkaai by sea and land.

Akaai interim executive agent Jean-Ednar Gilles asked state authorities to strengthen the number of state police officers in Akaai and provide them with the necessary supplies and equipment to enable them to fight these criminal elements and prevent them from invading the town, close to the cabaret.

The police station of the cabaret, ask In March 2024, the Arcahie Provisional Executive Council expressed serious concern about the destruction of Bon Repos (north of the capital Port-au-Prince) and Bon Repos by these armed groups and about possible new armed attacks.

On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Cesselesse police precinct (Lilavois, Bon Repos, North) was set on fire by these thugs.

On the evening of Friday, May 17, 2024, through Saturday, May 18, 2024, the gang Chapter 400 Excavators were used to destroy the Croix-des-Bouquets police station (northeast of Port-au-Prince) and the abandoned Ti Tanyen (Cabaret) civilian women’s prison.

On Thursday, February 29, 2024, an armed group attacked the Bon Repos police station, killing four national police officers, including a police inspector and two policewomen, and injuring three others..

The Bon Repos police station and an armored tank were set on fire by armed bandits. (ppsf emb rc July 8, 2024 at 2:00 pm)