Situation deteriorates in quake-hit Haiti, starving citizens loot aid trucks

Aid organization Food for the Poor said that four of its trucks were attacked by local residents and looted on Friday as they delivered food and water to rural communities in the south.

Marceline: Haitians desperate for food looted a humanitarian convoy on Friday (August 20, 2021) and fought over donations as anger built over the slow pace of aid deliveries almost a week after a devastating earthquake killed more than 2,000 people. Damaged or impassable roads have hindered efforts to deliver aid to remote parts in the south of the impoverished Caribbean nation, which were hardest-hit by last Saturday`s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. With hundreds still missing, hopes are fading of finding anyone still alive. Aid organization Food for the Poor said that four of its trucks were attacked by local residents and looted on Friday as they delivered food and water to rural communities in the south.