PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Apr 8, CMC – Two United Nations organisations say at least 262 people were killed and 66 others injured during a three month period in Haiti this year as criminal gangs “displayed extreme brutality, aiming to instill fear within the population” of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
In a “Haiti Flash Report” covering the period, January 27 to March 27, this year, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said during that three month period eight members of the security forces were killed and four injured.
But BINUH and OHCHR also reported that between January 1 and 27 March 2025, at least 1,518 people were killed and 572 injured in Haiti due to attacks by gangs, operations by security forces, as well as acts of violence perpetrated by self-defense groups and unorganized members of the population.
“These figures are in addition to the 5,601 people killed and 2, 212 injured in similar circumstances across the country in 2024,” they said.
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