(11 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 11 November 2024
1. Various of empty road UPSOUND Shots at a distance and passing nearby cameras
2. Police car and officers standing away from shootout
3. Officer firing
4. Journalists peeking around corner, AP journalists yell to police officers UPSOUND (Haitian Creole) "Journalists!"
5. Police truck reversing
6. Woman carrying merchandise
7. People running
8. Plum of smoke rising from afar
9. Armored police truck passing
10. Wide of people in street
11. Wide of smoke rising
STORYLINE:
Shootouts broke out between police and gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Monday, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over the country facing a surge of violence.
Footage showed heavily armed officers taking cover behind walls as gunshots rang out and civilians cleared the area.
In other upper class neighborhoods, some homes were set on fire.
Also Monday, the island nation’s main airport temporarily shut down after gangs opened fire at a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, the U.S. embassy reported.
The turmoil comes a day after a council meant to reestablish democratic order in the Caribbean nation fired the interim prime minister Garry Conille, replacing him with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.
The council has been marked by infighting and three members were recently accused of corruption.
The country has seen weeks of political chaos, which observers warned could result in even more violence in a place where bloodshed has become the new normal.
The country’s slate of gangs have long capitalized on political turmoil to make power grabs, shutting down airports, shipping ports and stirring chaos.
The transitional council was established in April, tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet with the hope that it would help quell violence, which exploded after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021.
The council was meant to pave the way to democratic elections, which haven’t been held in years in Haiti.
Gangs have capitalized on that power vacuum to make their own power grabs.
But the council has been plagued with politics and infighting, and has long been at odds with Conille.
Organizations including the Organization of American States tried and failed last week to mediate disagreements in an attempt to save the fragile transition.
===========================================================
Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/aabf148000e64819a87209887149f25c
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in November 16, 2024, 9:04 pm.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
