The United Nations announced that the total number of people killed, injured and missing as a result of gang violence in Cite Soleil on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince between July 8 and 17 exceeded 471 people. She pointed to “serious cases of sexual violence against women and girls, as well as boys, who are recruited by gangs.”

“About 3,000 people fled their homes, including hundreds of street children, while at least 140 houses were destroyed or burned down,” the statement said.

It quoted the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, Ulrika Richardson, as saying “the humanitarian needs in Cité Soleil are enormous and growing due to poverty, the lack of basic services, including security, and the recent surge in violence.” .” Richardson reaffirmed the UN’s readiness to continue to provide assistance to Cité Soleil, stressing the need to “find a more sustainable and holistic approach to medium and long term development.”

The scale of banditry, with complete impunity, spread beyond the poor neighborhoods of the Haitian capital, and a series of kidnappings was committed.