(14 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 14 November 2024
1. Various of people walking in line on street, many carrying belongings in bags and baskets
2. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) no name given, resident of Solino neighborhood and displaced by gang violence:
"My house has been burnt. This is what I could save; I just paid for my children. This is all I saved."
3. Man pulling wheeled luggage
4. Various of people carrying belongings
5. Various of people carrying belongings, including furniture
6. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) No name given, resident of Solino neighborhood and displaced by gang violence:
"I can’t take it anymore. I have five children with me. I’m running, and I don’t know where to go. The bandits are running after us, and I can’t stay any longer. They’ve shot some of us (neighbors) in the head. We are being forced to run."
7. Haitian National Police driving by
8. Armored police vehicles
9. Various of displaced residents taking shelter at school
STORYLINE:
Residents of a Haitian neighborhood recently attacked by gangs fled from their homes Thursday, some saying there is no clarity for them on where to find a safe shelter.
Solino, in the capital Port-au-Prince, is one of the areas that previously hadn’t been taken over by gangs.
Violence has exploded in the capital after Haiti fired and replaced its interim prime minister amid political infighting and corruption allegations against members of a transitional council created to restore democratic order to Haiti.
A woman among those who packed their belongings to leave said despite finding temporary shelter inside Port-au-Prince, she believes gangs may follow those displaced.
The Caribbean nation hasn’t held an election since 2016, largely because of the gang violence.
Gangs like the Viv Ansanm coalition often seize on moments of political chaos to make power grabs like the one seen in Solino in recent days.
Gangs also largely shut down the country’s main airport by shooting a number of planes, wounding one flight attendant on Monday.
The United Nations said that it documented 20 armed clashes in Port-au-Prince in just one day. The U.N. estimates that gangs control 85% of the city.
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