Of the journalists died on Tuesday in an armed attack by gangs while covering the reopening of a hospital in the center of Port-au-Princethe capital of haitiinformed the AFP a media collective.
“Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean were murdered this Tuesday, December 24 during the attack of ‘Viv ansanm’ coalition bandits (Living Together) during the reopening of the HUEH hospital (Haiti State University Hospital),” Robest Dimanche, spokesperson for the Online Media Collective (CMEL), told AFP.
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Other journalists were injured and taken to another public hospital in Puerto Prince.
According to preliminary information, gang members opened fire during the reopening of the hospital, in an area of high insecurity where gangs impose the law.
He HUEH closed since February 29after an attack by members of the “Viv ansanm” coalition, which last week claimed responsibility for the fire at the Bernard Mevs hospital, without causing any victims.
Haiti, an impoverished Caribbean country, faces endemic armed gang violence and political instability.
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Tuesday’s attack comes amid growing insecurity in Puerto Princewhere at the beginning of the month at least 207 people died from abuse ordered by a powerful leader against practitioners of the voodoo cult, according to the HIM.
The arrival this summer of a multinational mission to support the Haitian police, led by Kenya and supported by the UN and the United States, has not reduced the crimes of armed groups, such as numerous murders, rapes, looting and kidnappings.
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