Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence since January: UN

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence since January: UN

GENEVA: More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, including hundreds killed in lynchings by vigilante mobs, the UN said Friday.
The toll comes as clashes in Haitis capital of Port-au-Prince this week left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen wounded.
"Between January 1 and August 15 of this year, at least 2,439 people have been killed and a further 902 injured," UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.
In addition, she said, "951 people have been kidnapped" during the same period.
And as anger grows, she warned that a rise in popular justice movements and self-defence groups was fuelling the fire.