Around fifteen lifeless bodies were found Monday in a wealthy suburb of Port-au-Prince where gang members have been carrying out attacks since dawn, according to an AFP correspondent.
This photographer saw 14 remains in Pétion-Ville. Two residents told AFP that they had seen around ten of them, without being able to say under what circumstances these people had been killed.
But they claimed that “armed bandits” had been sowing terror since dawn in Laboule and Thomassin, two neighborhoods in the commune of Pétion-Ville, located in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince.
They attacked a bank, a gas station and private residences, they said.
Haiti, which was already experiencing a serious political and security crisis, has been gripped by a wave of violence since the beginning of the month, when several gangs joined forces to attack strategic locations in Port-au-Prince as part of a fight against Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Highly contested, the latter, who was unable to return to his country after a trip to Kenya, announced his resignation a week ago, affirming that his government would manage current affairs until the establishment of a council transitional presidential election.
During an emergency meeting the same day with representatives from Haiti, the UN and the United States among others, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and its partners charged political parties and the Haitian private sector to set up these transitional authorities.
But negotiations to form this body of seven voting members have fallen behind schedule, particularly due to internal dissensions.
The UN Security Council meets behind closed doors on Monday to discuss the situation in Haiti.