PORT AU Prince, Haiti, Oct 4, CMC – Members of the Temporary Anti-Gang Unit (UTAG) have been deployed as law enforcement authorities track down the members of the Gran Grif gang blamed for Thursday night’s massacre in a small town in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
Initial reports indicate that more than20 people, including children were kille and 50 others wounded as Gran Grif gang members rampaged through Pont-Sondé in the central Artibonite region north-west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The attack took place, a few kilometers from the city center of Saint-Marc, and according to Bertide Horace, the spokesperson for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite, other neighboring localities were also attacked by the bandits.
The Vice-delegate of the district of Saint-Marc, Walter Montas, spoke of “about forty people killed, according to the data collected” even as the authorities have not issued any official indicating the number of deaths due to the ongoing clashes.
Video footage shows groups of people fleeing the violence on motorbikes and on foot.
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