Bullet holes riddle a house in the Solino neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 12, 2026. ODELYN JOSEPH / AP
At least 70 people were killed in "brutal and coordinated" attacks on a town in central Haiti over the weekend, a UN official said Tuesday, March 31, giving the most reliable death toll to date.
"This blind violence is a further reminder of the urgent need for increased support for Haiti against the scourge of gangs and the networks that support them," Carlos Ruiz Massieu, head of the UN office in Haiti, wrote on X.
The attack late Saturday into Sunday happened in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, a town in central Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. Members of the Gran Grif gang burned houses and left multiple people dead, local rights activist Bertide Horace said, with more attacks also happening Monday.
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