Haiti police riot after crime gangs kill 14 officers - BBC

Rebel constabulary officers rioted successful Haiti's superior Port-au-Prince connected Thursday pursuing the sidesplitting of much than a twelve colleagues by transgression gangs.

The rioting officers blasted the authorities for not taking action.

More than 100 demonstrators blocked streets, burned tyres, broke information cameras and damaged vehicles.

Local media said respective officers broke done the gates of the premier minister's residence and attempted to participate Haiti's planetary airport.

Fourteen officers are thought to person died since the commencement of the twelvemonth successful assorted pack attacks connected constabulary stations.

Seven officers were killed successful shootout connected Wednesday alone, according to Haiti's National Police.

According to section Haitian media outlet Vant Bef Info, connected Thursday constabulary officers successful the superior Port-au-Prince and successful the metropolis of Gonaives took to the streets "in anger" and erected flaming barricades.

Some of them reportedly went to the authoritative residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Vant Bef Info said.

When they recovered it empty, they headed to Port-au-Prince airdrome wherever Mr Henry had conscionable landed aft a acme successful Argentina.

Protesters seemingly tried to summation entree to the airdrome by breaking its windows, but Mr Henry managed to gaffe away, Haiti's Radio Tele Metronome said.

Many businesses and schools remained unopen connected Thursday successful the aftermath of the protests.

Port-au-Prince and different cities person been racked for months by escalating deadly pack warfare, and Haitian media person reported that the state has seen a marked emergence successful kidnappings since the commencement of the year.

A Haitian quality rights group, the National Network of the Defense of Human Rights, said 78 constabulary officers person been killed since Mr Henry came to powerfulness successful 2021.

Outgunned by the aggregate transgression gangs, Haiti's constabulary person been incapable to halt the violence.

In October 2022, the Henry authorities appealed to the planetary assemblage for a multi-national information unit to assistance reconstruct bid - but the telephone has truthful acold gone unanswered, contempt immoderate accrued assistance from the US and Canada.

Armed groups power and terrorise astatine slightest 60% of the superior and its surroundings, according to Haitian quality rights groups, and are controlling the roads successful and retired of the city.

The blockade forced galore businesses to adjacent and analyzable the organisation of petrol and bottled drinking water, each portion a cholera outbreak worsened.

The UN envoy to Haiti, Helen La Lime, said connected Wednesday that "the concern successful Haiti is grave".

"You cognize that gang-driven unit has reached caller heights. On average, we we look 1 kidnapping each six hours successful 2022.

"We volition not triumph the combat without important levels of further support," Ms La Lime said.