Haiti - FLASH : The metropolitan area under attacks [View all]

01/03/2024 07:54:59

Haiti - FLASH : The metropolitan area under attacks Thursday February 29, 2024, the capital and the metropolitan area were the subject of coordinated gang attacks. All activities were paralyzed, schools, private businesses, businesses and public institutions closed their doors. Shootings were heard throughout the capital and its surroundings, the provisional human toll was very heavy and the damage significant.

In a panic wind, thousands of people tried to return to their homes and others fled their neighborhoods in search of safer areas amid the confusion and chaos.

Barricades were reported in different neighborhoods in the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Delmas 6 was completely blocked.

The very partial report shows several dozen bullet wounds and an undetermined number of deaths. At least 25 people were admitted to the hospital of the State University of Haiti (General Hospital), hospital centers were overwhelmed by the number of cases in a context where blocked roads made access to hospitals difficult. The Peace University Hospital and the Bernard Mevs Hospital were on maximum alert.

The Geuy Malary terminal in Port-au-Prince was machine-gunned, a bullet impact was noted on a seat in the arrival hall of the terminal and bullet impacts were visible on several bay windows of the building some of which were broken against a backdrop of widespread panic.

Several local and international flights have been canceled at the Guy Malary terminal

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