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Haiti - FLASH : «staggering and worsening level of gang violence», nearly 5,000 Haitians killed in 2023 24/01/2024 09:31:33 The West and Artibonite departments remain prey to deep insecurity characterized by indiscriminate violence committed by armed gangs against civilians and attacks targeting police units and infrastructure. In the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, the influence of the gangs has spread at an alarming rate to previously less affected areas, such as Carrefour-Feuilles, Solino, Bon-Repos, Mariani and Léogâne. The number of reported homicides increased by 119.4% in 2023 compared to 2022, 4,789 deaths were deplored, of which more than 2,700 were civilians (of whom more than 1,300 were injured) the others were gang members. That is a ratio of 40.9 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023 compared to a ratio of 18.1 in 2022. The number of people kidnapped also increased, from 1,359 in 2022 to 2,490 in 2023, an increase of 83%. The report also mentions the continuation of the popular self-defense movement born in the spring of 2023, with more than 500 people lynched for being accused of supposedly being gang members. S/ HaitiLibre
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