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Caribbean-Latin America
At least 70 people killed in gang attack on Haitian town: UN
2024-10-05
[ALJAZEERA] At least 70 people have been killed and 3,000 forced to flee when gunnies belonging to the Gran Grif gang attacked a town in central Haiti.

The Office of the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
 High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that the attack occurred on Thursday in Pont-Sonde, 100km (60 miles) northwest of Port-au-Prince.

The UN added that at least 16 people were seriously injured in the attack, including two gang members who were hit during an exchange of gunfire with Haitian police.

The office said gang members also reportedly set fire to at least 45 homes and 34 cars.

''Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to shoot at the population, killing at least 70 people, among them about 10 women and three infants,'' UN Human Rights Office front man Thameen al-Kheetan said in a statement, adding that the agency was ''horrified'' by the attack.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
 also condemned the attack, his spokesperson said on Friday.
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Posted by:Fred

#2  UN Secretary-General António Guterres also condemned the attack, his spokesperson said on Friday.

You can't kill people unless you have a Marxist or Islamist name/ideology in Tony's world.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-05 05:14  

#1  Guess those rascally Kenyans were at the beach.

Kenyan troops head for Haiti to tackle gang violence
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-10-05 03:46  

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