Sharp Daily
No Result
View All Result
Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
Sharp Daily
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
No Result
View All Result
Sharp Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home Crime

Chaos reigns as hundreds of prisoners escape amid Haitian Capital’s rising violence

Brenda Murungi by Brenda Murungi
March 3, 2024
in Crime, News
Reading Time: 2 mins read

Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from Haiti’s National Penitentiary in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after fighting broke out. On Thursday 1, the armed gangs that control much of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, launched coordinated attacks they said were intended to overthrow the government while PM Ariel Henry was traveling in Africa.

In a post on X, one of Haiti’s Police Unions pleaded for all officers in the capital with access to cars and weapons to assist police battling to maintain control of the penitentiary, and warned that if the attackers were successful “we are done. No one will be spared in the capital because there will be 3,000 extra bandits now effective,” according to the statement.

Jimmy Chérizier, a gang leader known as “Barbecue,” said he wanted to prevent Mr. Henry from returning to Haiti. “With our guns and with the Haitian people, we will free the country,” he affirmed in a video message.

“We ask the Haitian National Police and the military to take responsibility and arrest Ariel Henry. Once again, the population is not our enemy; the armed groups are not your enemy. You arrest Ariel Henry for the country’s liberation,” Cherizier said, adding “With these weapons, we will liberate the country, and these weapons will change the country.”

RELATEDPOSTS

Why firms are shedding jobs despite survival

June 19, 2025

Opinion: Austerity wrong medicine for Kenya’s economy.

June 16, 2025

The gang leader is a former police officer who heads an alliance of gangs. He has faced sanctions from both the United Nations and the United States Department of Treasury.

Businesses, government offices and schools were consequently forced to close as gang members took it to social media to boast about the police casualties they had inflicted.

All the while, Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal on Friday 2, intended to remove the last major obstacle to the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation. The two nations proceeded with the signing despite facing opposition from Human Rights groups and the court.

It was revealed that the government overlooked a number of obligations, including constitutional provisions; public participation and perception; and available alternatives, which should have been resolved ahead of the announcement.

Speaking at the announcement, Mr. Ruto insisted that Kenya had a “historic duty” to press ahead because “peace in Haiti is good for the world as a whole.”

Previous Post

How the new electricity regulations will impact Kenya’s power consumers and producers

Next Post

Fresh details emerge in case of 19-year-old woman who fell from 10th floor in Kasarani

Brenda Murungi

Brenda Murungi

Related Posts

News

Private vs Public Pension Funds in Kenya

June 27, 2025
Crime

Why Athi River deserves your investment

June 24, 2025
Investments

Investor shift to long term bonds drives oversubscription in CBK’s reopened auction

June 19, 2025
News

The real price of Israel – Iran Conflict for Kenya.

June 19, 2025
Economy

Resilient but strained: Kenyan firms speak out in May 2025 CEO survey.

June 19, 2025
News

Co-op Bank posts KES 6.9 billion profit in Q1’2025

May 16, 2025

LATEST STORIES

Private vs Public Pension Funds in Kenya

June 27, 2025

The mechanics of currency manipulation

June 27, 2025

Understanding how to access your pension savings in Kenya.

June 27, 2025

What happened to president Ruto’s economic dream?

June 27, 2025

Opinion: Populism feeds votes, not growth

June 27, 2025

Competitive advantages of small businesses

June 26, 2025

Opinion: Invest in sports for national prosperity

June 26, 2025

Ethiopia’s access to Eritrean ports is a game-changer for trade

June 26, 2025
  • About Us
  • Meet The Team
  • Careers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
Email us: editor@thesharpdaily.com

Sharp Daily © 2024

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team

Sharp Daily © 2024