Haitian prime minister goes abroad for support after gang massacre

By Reuters
October 07, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille visits victims of gang attacks at a hospital, in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Haiti October 5, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video. — Reuters
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille visits victims of gang attacks at a hospital, in Saint-Marc, Artibonite, Haiti October 5, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video. — Reuters

SAINT-MARC, Haiti: Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille embarked on a trip to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya on Sunday to seek security assistance in the aftermath of one of deadliest gang attacks in the Caribbean nation in recent years.

Haiti is reeling after members of the Gran Grif gang stormed through the town of Pont-Sonde in the western Artibonite region early on Thursday, killing at least 70 people, including infants, and forcing over 6,000 residents to flee.