Haitian residents flee from the gang violence in Port-au-Prince

(25 Aug 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 25 August 2023
1. Various of smoke rising from houses said to have been burned by gangs in Carrefour-Feuille
2. Various of residents fleeing with their belongings displaced from the neighborhood
3. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Destiney Mauliere, displaced resident:
“The gangs are there (Carrefour-Feuille). There was a lot of shooting yesterday. I had to leave my house and take only a few clothes. All my children left, and I don’t know where they are, five young boys that are in the streets and I can’t find them, and my husband is blind.”
4. Various of residents protesting gang violence by blocking streets and burning tires and branches
5. Various of residents/protesters with machetes walking to the police station
6. Various crowd of protesters in front of police station
7. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Jean Edouard Amazan, displaced resident:
“I don’t have anywhere else to go. I only have what is here, my ID. I don't know what they took. I don’t know If they burned down my house and stole everything I have.”
8. Various of police trying to extinguish small fire on vehicle damaged in protests
STORYLINE:
Residents of Carrefour-Feuille in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince had to flee their homes Friday to escape another bout of gang violence.
Earlier this month the same neighborhood was attacked and hundreds of families were displaced.
The Haitian National Police informed that it would secure the area, but it did not stop the gangs from continuing a violent takeover of yet another part of the capital .
All morning people left the area in a hurry, holding the few belongings they could carry.
Unconfirmed reports say that houses were looted and burned, and people were killed in the latest attack.
Angered by the gang violence, residents and protesters from other areas blocked streets and burned tires and vehicles.
Wearing face masks and caring machetes they gathered in front of the police station to demand their support in resisting the gang.
Since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021, gangs have seized control of up to 80% of Port-au-Prince, killing, raping and sowing terror in communities already suffering endemic poverty.
Almost 5,000 people have been displaced, according to the United Nations.
AP Video shot by Pierre Luxama
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Map priye pou peyi mwen 💕🇭🇹

[@iasunhewehmunja32]

Praying for you Haiti

[@Chris-cx6wl]

They need more help than that. It hasn’t been working

[@justinrogers8166]

Been doing that for years praying ain’t dong shit

[@mfhex1398]

🙏 thank you for solving Haitis problems with your thoughts 🙏

[@CedOG]

So these gangs can’t be killed or brought to prison??

[@normaluser333]

Nothing much you can do when law enforcement is barely present

[@MarkBerenger]

So only 'fk da police' when you dont need their protection... got it.

[@supremebenson1321]

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[@goboy45]

Those might be called War Lords, not gangs.

[@apoliticallevi]

Omg the way they carried the mattress on their heads 😳

[@mrsgoldie14]

Thank God I don’t live in Haiti it’s like 100 times worst then Chicago and Philly put together!

[@supremebenson1321]

Fedlin Joseph

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[@dieuseulmilfort8209]

Mine workers r moving too close again!.

[@nancyjean9117]

Ariel Henry must go

[@_rob_.]

Maybe Sean Penn can help. ((if you can find him now))

[@augustoribeiro4791]

😂😂😂

[@MarkBerenger]

maybe okrah winfrey can help. Why no black lives matter over there? 😂

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All only United state 🇺🇸people only is there , not all continent continent of America 👉🏻🌎ok

[@cadetvil9966]

Oo