Haiti police unions plead for help as armed gangs storm main prison

The National Penitentiary is where Haiti's highest profile criminals were locked up for 3 days. Gang members threatened to

storm

the Jer after fierce shootouts turned the streets of PTO Prince into a battlefield. They managed to free other members of the gang. Civilians were caught in the middle of street fights,

armed

gangs

are chasing us, we can't take it anymore, we have nowhere to go,

police

are not seen in various parts of the city, shops and properties have been looted. Police say they are not equipped to deal with the gang. violence it is outrageous that all the country's authorities ride around in armored cars while the people do not have armored vehicles and the

police

do not even have bulletproof vests.

I paid for this bulletproof vest and this helmet that I'm wearing right now. out of my own pockets the

gangs

ters who control much of the country are demanding the resignation of interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He flew to Kenya last week to try to close a deal to send Kenyan security personnel to Haiti as part of a UN support task. force to restore order, but with no sign of foreign forces arriving soon, patients at PTO Prince have no choice but to flee the violence any way they can. Hamza Muhammad Al Jazer make sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest news from Al Jazer