Tuesday, May 1, in the poor neighborhood of Martissant residents woke up to the sound of automatic gunfire while rival gangs of "Gran Ravin" and "Tibwa" clashed again. This revival of the gang war could be linked to the death last week of gang leader "Zòrèy".

A situation that paralyzed for many hours all activities in the area, most of the inhabitants and their children preferring remained locked at home fearing for their lives.

According to several testimonies, a person was killed while phoning...

A situation that arises while the issue of armed gangs that make the law in the poor neighborhoods made the "headlines" again since the disappearance in Grande Ravine of the journalist Vladjimir Legagneur on March 14th https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24129-haiti-news-zapping.html , after the Prime Minister declared "that Haiti is a safe country" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24087-haiti-politic-haiti-is-a-safe-country-according-to-the-pm.html and that the National Police of Haiti (PNH), for its part ensure (without success) that it will clean the neighborhoods of the gangs and put an end to the so-called areas of "no-right", to allow people to go to their daily occupations safely https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24138-haiti-flash-police-operation-failed-against-armed-gangs.html

SL/ HaitiLibre