Cité Soleil besieged by gangs: residents fleeing, desperate plea to police
Hundreds of families are fleeing Cité Soleil in the face of gang control. Residents are pleading with police authorities to intervene.
Cité Soleil under gang control: exodus of families and calls for police intervention
According to Google News HT — Port-au-Prince, reporting on an Al Jazeera report, hundreds of families have fled the Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince due to the growing hold of armed gangs on this densely populated area.
Residents are pleading with law enforcement to intervene, as the security situation deteriorates in this already particularly vulnerable sector of the Haitian capital.
The Cité Soleil neighbourhood has for several years been the scene of clashes between rival gangs, which are exercising increasingly extensive territorial control at the expense of civilian residents.
The scale of population displacement testifies to the urgency of the ongoing humanitarian crisis, with families seeking refuge elsewhere in the capital or outside of Port-au-Prince. Police authorities have not yet publicly communicated about the measures being considered in response to the pleas of residents.
Source: Google News HT — Port-au-Prince