This latest act of violence, targeting innocent civilians, is unacceptable and demands an urgent, rigorous and coordinated response from the state,
This odious crime against defenseless women, men and children is not only an attack against victims but against the entire Haitian nation,
The gang did not meet any resistance,
For now, reinforcements are at the location to contain the situation and security forces are in control,
At the time of writing, corpses are strewn on the ground as their loved ones have not yet been able to recover them,
If funds allocated to the intelligence service of various state institutions had been used effectively, the Pont-Sonde massacre could have been avoided,
The criminals responsible for these abominable acts will be hunted down and brought to justice, without respite,
As gang violence continues to spread from the capital to other departments of Haiti, the secretary-general stresses the importance of the joint efforts undertaken by the Haitian National Police and the multinational security support mission,
Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to shoot at the population, killing at least 70 people, among them about 10 women and three infants,
To those who sow terror, I say this: you will not break our resolve. You will not subdue this people who have always fought for their dignity and freedom. We will never give up our right to live in peace, in security, and in justice,
We call for increased international financial and logistical assistance to the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti,
We are horrified by Thursday's gang attacks in the town of Pont-Sonde in Haiti's Artibonite department,
It's Pont-Sonde residents who are at fault. What happened in Pont-Sonde is the fault of the state,
This attack comes amid an upsurge in violence in the region, exacerbating an already extremely precarious security situation,
The police have been formally instructed to restore order and prevent all those sowing terror in the Artibonite department from causing harm,
A lot of people ran and left the area,
Nowhere to go. Nowhere to go.”