A shooting provoked by gangs occurred Tuesday during the reopening ceremony of the main hospital in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, leaving several injured, including journalists, according to a witness and local media. According to the first elements, members of a gang opened fire during the reopening of the hospital in the city center of the capital, in an area of very high insecurity where gangs rule the law.
The Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH), also known as the General Hospital, had been closed since February 29, after being attacked by members of coalition gangs “live together” (“live together”). The AFP, which was able to speak briefly with a witness reporting “wounded”was not immediately able to obtain a report. “Journalists injured during an armed attack by “Viv Ansam” bandits against HUEH this Tuesday 24. The Minister of Public Health announced the reopening of the hospital before Christmas. Journalists and other press workers (…) inside the building. It’s total panic in the city center.”indicates on X Gazette Haiti broadcasting photos of injured people on the ground in the hospital.
Journalists affected
“Bandits are currently attacking the General Hospital. According to initial information, several journalists were hit by gunfire.also reports on X Radio Télé Galaxie, which reports at least one death according to its “on-site collaborator”. The gang coalition “live together” last week burned down the private establishment Bernard Mevs, another important hospital center in Port-au-Prince, destroying a large part of the hospital, but without causing any casualties. Haiti, a poor Caribbean country, faces endemic armed gang violence and political instability.
Tuesday's attack comes amid growing insecurity in Port-au-Prince, where gang attacks have taken place in several neighborhoods for more than a month. In early December, at least 207 people were killed during abuses ordered by a powerful gang leader against practitioners of the voodoo cult, according to the UN. The arrival this summer of a multinational mission to support the Haitian police, led by Kenya and supported by the UN and the United States, has not made it possible to reduce the abuses of armed groups, accused of numerous murders, rapes, looting and kidnappings for ransom. The latter also attack important buildings and notably caused the closure of the capital's airport to commercial traffic in November.
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