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Illegal weapons fuelling an increase in Haiti's gang violence, says UN
Kenyan police patrol in vehicles through Delmas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2025
ILLEGAL weapons smuggled into Haiti are fuelling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses, according to a United Nations report released this week.
More than 4,200 people were killed from July to February, and another 1,356 were injured, the report found.
It was issued after William O’Neill, the UN human rights commissioner’s expert on Haiti, recently visited the Caribbean nation.
