In Port-au-Prince, thousands of Haitians have their fled residences following growing gang violence that has killed over 2,400 people so far this year.
This week after gang members took control, 5,000 fled the Carrefour-Feuilles district, according to the UN.
Meanwhile, Local aid groups have halted essential services as government’s attempts to quell the violence failed.
The UN Security Council is soon due to decide whether to send a multinational force to aid in restoring peace and order.
A stream of residents were seen carrying their belongings in Carrefour-Feuilles and surrounding areas where there has been months of gang warfare.
A video recorded by Reuters news agency showed women weeping beside the body of a man who had been killed by gang members.
Haiti is one of the poorest and most-violent countries in the world due to decades of instability, disasters and economic woes have left.
Gang violence has soared since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which led to much of the country’s territory falling out of government control.
Turf wars have also influenced a surge in refugees, severe food shortages, murders, kidnappings and sexual violence.
At least 2,439 Haitians had been killed, 902 injured and 951 kidnapped this year, according to UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
“Reports from Haiti this week have underscored the extreme brutality of the violence being inflicted on the population,” she said.
Source-BBC
