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Haiti’s gang violence spreads as anti-gang operations displace bloodshed

At least 47 people were killed and 22 wounded in an overnight raid on Kenscoff, a farming community in the hills above Port-au-Prince, security sources said Tuesday.

Source: United Nations News · August 26, 2026 at 2:47 AM · AI-assisted report

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Haiti’s gang violence spreads as anti-gang operations displace bloodshed
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HAITI, PORT-AU-PRINCE, KENSCOFF, PLAINE DU CUL-DE-SAC, CITÉ SOLEIL, ARTIBONITE REGION, SÉGUIN, MARIGOT, 26 AUGUST 2026 —

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At least 47 people were killed and 22 wounded in an overnight raid on Kenscoff, a farming community in the hills above Port-au-Prince, security sources said Tuesday.

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The assault caps a surge in gang violence outside the capital even as Port-au-Prince security operations show uneven results. During April–June, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) recorded 1,408 fatalities and 656 injuries, a 14% drop from the first quarter but with casualties still “unacceptably high,” Carlos Ruiz Massieu, BINUH chief, said in a statement.

Security sweeps in the capital’s Delmas and Tabarre districts have pushed gangs into new zones. In the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac and Cité Soleil, fighting killed 463 people, displaced 18,000 residents and shut health and schooling services. Hundreds more were raped; BINUH documented 796 gang-related sexual-violence victims, mostly multiple-perpetrator assaults.

Beyond the capital, gangs expanded into the Artibonite agricultural belt and the previously quiet Séguin area, seizing routes toward the port of Marigot to secure new revenue streams, BINUH said.

The most recent quarter also saw 81 kidnappings for ransom and more than 800 casualties—including at least 95 civilians—linked to security-force operations. Nine civilians, six of them children, were hurt or killed by explosive drones used by a joint task force of police and a foreign private military company, BINUH reported, adding that no investigations into these casualties were disclosed.

By May, internal displacement reached 1.47 million people nationwide, more than half children, underscoring the humanitarian fallout. The Kenscoff fatalities, not included in the April–June data, point to a broader pattern: pressure on gangs in one zone often displaces violence rather than ending it.

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