The Haitian National Police have reported that state security forces and armed residents killed 28 alleged gang members in the latest clashes in the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
A Tuesday attack targeting the upscale suburb of Petion-Ville overlooking the capital had been announced over social media by Jimmy Cherizier, a former elite police officer turned leader of the powerful gang coalition calling itself Viv Ansanm (Haitian Creole for “Living Together”).
This escalation coincides with a United Nations Security Council meeting to deliberate on a proposal to transition the Multinational Security Support mission into a formal UN peacekeeping operation. Meanwhile, the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that Doctors Without Borders has suspended its activities in the country following a series of threats from Haitian police.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports.
Diana Arroyo is Haiti's Head of Mission for the Doctors without Borders team. She joins us live from Port-au-Prince to discuss the latest updates.
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