The Toll of the Gang Attack in La Chapelle: 6 Dead, 8,890 Displaced

Five days after the armed gang attack leading to the control of the commune of La Chapelle in the Artibonite department, authorities remain silent. Neither the CPT nor the government has deigned to communicate on the situation in this once-peaceful commune of Artibonite.

Given the authorities' complete indifference, it is the UN organization, OCHA, that has drawn up a partial assessment of this new attack by armed bandits perpetrated against the population of La Chapelle.

According to figures released by the UN agency, 6 people were killed, while a total of 8,890 people were displaced.

91% took refuge in other communes of the department, and others fled directly to the West department.

Recent information released by OCHA indicates that approximately 95% of the displaced found a place with host families, while 5% were spontaneously settled in temporary shelters created following the attacks by criminals. Five days later, authorities remain silent in the face of this escalation of violence.

The head of government, Alix Didier Fils Aimé, has not announced any measures aimed at combating armed groups in the Artibonite department.

It should be noted that the residents of La Chapelle have just extended the list of internally displaced persons, victims of the abuses of terrorist groups that control more than 85% of the national territory.

Jacques Innocent