Three people have been killed when armed men in Haiti hospital opened fire at medical staff, police, and journalists during a briefing to announce the reopening of the country’s biggest public hospital.
The site had been recaptured by Haiti’s government in July, after being occupied and destroyed by violent gangs that control much of the city.
Many others were injured in Tuesday’s attack at the General Hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Pictures posted online appear to show several people injured or dead inside the building.
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Journalists were waiting for the arrival of the health minister when the shooting began Additionally reports say two journalists and a police officer were shot dead.
In a video statement, the head of Haiti’s presidential transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, said: “We express our sympathy to all the victims’ families, in particular to the Haiti National Police and all the journalists’ associations.
“We guarantee them that this act will not remain without consequences.”
The people of Haiti continue to suffer with unbearable levels of gang violence, despite the installation of a new transition government in April and the deployment of an international force led by Kenyan police officers six months ago.
The UN says that as many as 5,000 people have been killed in violence in Haiti this year alone, and the country is now on the verge of collapse.
In conclusion, Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination in 2021 of the then-president, Jovenel Moïse
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