PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) 鈥 Gangs attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night. Authorities did not immediately release casualty information.
Haiti's police union said on its social media channels that the ongoing attacks in the neighborhood of Solino could mean losing control of the entire city to gang violence.
鈥淚f there's no measures against the criminals who are taking control in Solino and Nazon, we will lose the entire capital,鈥 Haiti's police union said on social media platform X. 鈥淣o government will be in its place if we cannot reduce such insecurity.鈥
On Thursday, at least one woman was killed as gangs opened fire in Solino, St. Michel, Tabarre 27 and other neighborhoods.
Radio T茅l茅 M茅tronome reported that the swearing in of Haiti鈥檚 provisional electoral council scheduled for Friday in downtown Port-au-Prince was moved to a safer area.
Six officials from the Bahamas arrived in Haiti Friday to join led by Kenyan police to help quell gang violence. The officials are the first of a contingent of 150 soldiers from the Bahamas expected in upcoming months.
It wasn鈥檛 clear what prompted the latest attack, which comes just days after Haitian and Kenyan police launched an operation that in an area controlled by the 400 Mawozo gang that operates mainly in Tabarre.
. Communities like Solino have been fighting attempts by gunmen to control it.
