Near the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, a gang started a fire armored van of the US Embassy. As a result of the attack, the spy officer of the diplomatic mission recognized the injury.
This is reported by RBC-Ukraine via the Miami Herald.
It is noted that the gardener, who recognized the injury early, is working at the residential complex American embassy. He went straight to work together with other specialists.
The wounded man was hospitalized and his condition is stable. It is important that the gang, equipped with rifle guns, built to break through the reservations of the car, attacked from the alley along the winding dirt road between the embassy and the residential complex. This situation will not always be visible, if security measures are taken into account.
The US Department of State has not yet issued an official comment on the incident.
Worsening of the crime situation
This is still different period in three months, when organized groups attack US Embassy facilities in the country.
So, the same miscreants fired at two armored embassy cars, destroying one of them while it was lying in front of her. The window of one of the cars was broken, and the forehead was smashed with bullets, without injuring anyone.
The US Ambassador then stated that the attack was a reaction to a change in the methods of the Haitian police in fighting banditry. After the attack, the embassy evacuated part of its diplomatic staff.
Frequent attacks are caused by strong gangs on the island, regardless of the presence of reinforced international forces in the region. Since the merger of the last fate into a strong alliance, the gangs have started a fire on three American airliners, fired at a UN helicopter, launched raids on two of the largest rebels and carried out a number of mass killings. They also robbed and burned businesses, hospitals and police stations, repeatedly shutting down the seaport and the main airport in Port-au-Prince.
According to UN data, as a result of escalation In the past violence, more than 5,600 people died, including journalists. Over 1 million people have been forced to lose their homes.
On Saturday, the 18th, when a new contingent of 217 Kenyan police arrived in Port-au-Prince to strengthen the Kenya-affiliated Bagathonational Mission with the support of security and law enforcement groups We received reports of another bandit attack in the Gros Morne area near the Artibonite region, just outside the capital.
The spokesman for the National Police of Haiti did not respond to requests for comment. However, two legal officials confirmed to the Miami Herald that they had withdrawn information about a number of deaths and that the police had moved in to stop the crime. The deterioration of the security situation in Haiti has gone unnoticed.
At the UN to discuss the situation
The UN Security Council scheduled a meeting for Wednesday, 22 September, to review updated information about The situation in Haiti, as the mission of security under the Kenyan government, and the Haitian police are trying to fight gangs and restore peace.
The UN assessment group recently moved to the country to present the news after, as if by fate, the Security Council instructed Secretary General António Guterres to give evidence about what the UN peacekeeping operation looks like.
Before leaving the country, Joe Biden and his administration pushed the reorganized security mission in Kenya and the official UN operation. However, it is unknown what the new US President Donald Trump is supporting for this time. The decision is based on the support of Russia and China, who wield the right of veto and do not yet support this idea.
The situation on the island of Haiti
At the beginning of the year 2024, members of the Gran Grif gang fired residents of the town of Pont Sonde. As a result of the incident, at least 70 people died, among them children.
And last year, the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, fell into trouble through the uprising of armed gangs against the military system Prime Minister of the Territory Ariel Henry. The United States, the EU and other countries soon evacuated their diplomatic missions under duress.
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