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UN: At least 264 suspected gang members have been killed in Haiti by vigilante groups since April, the UN representative to the violence-torn country said Thursday, expressing concern about the trend.
The emergence of vigilante groups adds another layer of complexity. Since April, birth (United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti) documented the killing of at least 264 alleged gang members by vigilante groups,” María Isabel Salvador told Security Council.
The Haitian police were unable to quell the unprecedented violence by the gangs that control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the population began to take matters into their own hands.
“The Haitian people are trapped in a living nightmare,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said earlier in the day, who visited Port-au-Prince on Saturday.
“The humanitarian situation is beyond appalling. Brutal gangs control the Haitian people,” he added. There can be no lasting and comprehensive political solutions without a fundamental improvement in the security situation.
Guterres repeated his call for an international force to support the police and “dismantle” the gangs. That appeal, first made in October, went unheeded.
And while few countries have shown willingness to participate, no country has volunteered to lead such an operation in a country where many previous foreign interventions have ended in failure.
The emergence of vigilante groups adds another layer of complexity. Since April, birth (United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti) documented the killing of at least 264 alleged gang members by vigilante groups,” María Isabel Salvador told Security Council.
The Haitian police were unable to quell the unprecedented violence by the gangs that control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and the population began to take matters into their own hands.
“The Haitian people are trapped in a living nightmare,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said earlier in the day, who visited Port-au-Prince on Saturday.
“The humanitarian situation is beyond appalling. Brutal gangs control the Haitian people,” he added. There can be no lasting and comprehensive political solutions without a fundamental improvement in the security situation.
Guterres repeated his call for an international force to support the police and “dismantle” the gangs. That appeal, first made in October, went unheeded.
And while few countries have shown willingness to participate, no country has volunteered to lead such an operation in a country where many previous foreign interventions have ended in failure.
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