Tuesday, July 30, 2024, following the state of emergency declared on July 17, 2024 by the Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) and the Government, in 14 communes in the departments of West and Artibonite https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42840-haiti-flash-a-state-of-emergency-with-very-extensive-powers-list.html , Rameau Normil, the Commander in Chief of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), in a press briefing, gave a partial assessment of the operations carried out in concert with members of the Multinational Mission led by Kenya for the first two weeks of the state of emergency.

During police operations, 104 bandits were killed in exchanges of fire with the police in the departments of Ouest and Artibonite, respectively in the communes of Ganthier, Croix-des-Missions, Tabarre, Gressier and Delmas. In Gressier, approximately forty bandits were fatally injured

At the same time, 65 individuals were arrested, 19 firearms were seized, 7 vehicles were also confiscated, 9.24 kilograms of cocaine seized as well as 6.08 kg of marijuana.

Rameau Normil took the opportunity to provide details on the situation that occurred on Monday, July 29 at the corner of Saint-Honoré and Monseigneur Guilloux streets, in downtown Port-au-Prince, explaining that it was not an attack by armed gangs against the motorcade of Prime Minister Garry Conille who was already leaving the area when police officers were providing cover fire https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42873-haiti-flash-automatic-weapons-fire-pm-evacuated-after-visit-to-hueh-video.html (+video)

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42873-haiti-flash-automatic-weapons-fire-pm-evacuated-after-visit-to-hueh-video.html

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