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There were about fourteen people lynched and burned alive on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, after a large number of citizens interrupt an arrest National

14 suspected gang members lynched and burned alive in Haiti

There were about fourteen people lynched and burned alive on the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, after a large number of citizens interrupt an arrest National police against alleged gang members.

According to the police, in statements collected by the agency Change the pressThe operatives had stopped the van carrying the alleged armed men and were in the process of being taken into custody when civilians gathered around him intervened and ended the lives of alleged gang members.

The mentioned agency, with reference to witnesses of the incident, appears in fourteen dead, although authorities have not confirmed the exact figure. Witnesses also detailed that civilians attacked the deceased and they doused them with gasoline before setting them on fire.

Port-au-Prince survived peak of violence in recent months. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said on Monday that the violence had “reached an alarming level.”

“According to our humanitarian partners, from 14 to 19 April clashes between opposing gangs resulted in the deaths of about 70 peopleincluding 18 women and at least two minors, another 40 people were injured,” he explained.

Ulrika Richardson, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, reiterated in her statement the “importance guarantee access for humanitarian assistanceand protecting and respecting health, education and critical infrastructure, including water supply.”

recent Political and humanitarian crises in Haiti left almost five million people, half of the country’s population, in a situation acute hunger. The picture that worsened as a result war for territory between a coalition of gangs going on in the region.

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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