PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Not less than seven individuals had been killed in Haiti on Saturday, native rights group CARDH mentioned, after a gang that controls a northern suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince opened hearth with machine weapons on a protest organized by a Christian church chief.
Native media reported at the very least 10 had been killed, and CARDH director Gedeon Jean mentioned the ultimate quantity would doubtless be greater, including that a number of individuals had been wounded and a few churchgoers had been kidnapped.
Movies shared on X, the platform previously often called Twitter, confirmed some 100 individuals, many carrying yellow shirts related to the non secular group of Pastor Marco, marching within the suburb Canaan, some carrying sticks and machetes.
Unverified movies on social media present individuals being shot at on the street, our bodies mendacity on the bottom and individuals who look like hostages saying they thought the march was peaceable and had no thought it was about taking over the gang.
Many Haitians have joined civilian self-defense teams often called “Bwa Kale,” a motion that has impressed hope but in addition sparked retaliation towards civilians and stirred fears the teams are spurring on the violence.
(Reporting by Harold Isaac and Ralph Tedy Erol in Port-au-Prince and Sarah Morland in Mexico Metropolis; Modifying by William Mallard)