Haitian police officers. Archival photo MOSCOW, June 11 Members of a gangster group in Haiti hijacked two buses, kidnapping 38 people in them, Agence France-Presse reports, citing the head of the country's drivers association. occurred on the outskirts of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince. The agency notes that since last year, the Haitian authorities have lost control of the only road connecting Port-au-Prince with the south of the country, a section of about two kilometers long is under the control of armed gangs.
A diplomat from the Dominican Republic, kidnapped in Haiti, was released four days later»There were 18 people in each bus, not counting the drivers,» said the head of the drivers association. According to him, the organization he leads «always asks drivers not to drive along this road until the state restores security.» take place against the backdrop of new clashes between local gangs that control the peripheral areas of the capital, and the flight of residents of these areas from their homes. Since last week, when they escalated, at least 20 civilians have died, according to official information.
