Gangs attack another town in Haiti’s central region, killing an 11-year-old child and three others

Petite Rivière is the latest community in the once peaceful Artibonite region that gangs have targeted.

Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti’s central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a human rights activist told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 15 other people were injured by gunfire, and more than a dozen homes were burned in Petite Rivière, said Bertide Horace, spokesperson for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite. The attack began Thursday, but police were still battling gang members on Monday, she said in a phone interview. Horace shared grisly videos that showed people receiving treatment for serious wounds at a local hospital. Before she could provide further details, Horace warned that the town being attacked was without power. Her cellphone was then cut off. A spokesperson for Haiti’s National Police did not immediately return a request for comment.