Haiti - Insecurity : Attack of a residence in Thomassin, 1 wounded, 1 dead
In the night of Sunday, armed individuals penetrated in a residence with Thomassin 38. According to the information collected by the police force, the bandits intended to burgle the property and to kidnap the young girl of the couple. The girl's mother stepped in to defend his daughter, surprised by this resistance, one of the robbers shot him in the face leaving her for dead before absconding with his accomplices, without leading to run their operation.
Transported to the hospital in urgency by a patrol of police, arrived on the spot a few minutes after the drama, its life would not be in danger. A man whose identity was not communicated was found died close to the residence. Witnesses said there would be a passerby who just so happened on the path of the gangsters who fled on foot and who coldly killed.
According to police sources of the under-police station of Thomassin, several similar acts in the communes of Pèlerin, Laboule, Thomassin and Fermathe seem to have the same procedure. There are criminal acts carried out at night, characterized by the use of a stone found in the court to force the lock. Criminals always choose women or children as aim, robbing the house before leaving with one or more hostages.
Practices that suggest he could be the famous band in Bobo, a dangerous criminal escaped from prison last January 12. However, the police force was miserly details, making it clear nevertheless, that they held serious indices enabling him to go up to the criminals, matter of time and of means. The police force for a few weeks had deployed its manpower to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the zone. The criminals exploit the lack of means of the police force.
After two successful operations in recent weeks (Tabarre and route de Frères), this failure is a blow to the Haitian National Police (PNH). Whatever the words which are meant to reassure the population, the inhabitants of these areas previously untouched by such criminal acts, are well aware that today insecurity is increasing.
