At least one person died and several were injured in the Haitian city of Gonaives during an armed gang attack on Prime Minister Ariel Henry, and his entourage leaving a church after the service of a mass in commemoration of the 218th anniversary of independence. Inside the Saint Charles de Borome parish there were no faithful, only local authorities and the government delegation.
The ceremony was held despite threats from the armed group, who suggested that Henry not appear in town. The heavily armed irregulars who control the area fired in the direction of the official delegation, while the forces they were protecting responded to the attack and drove the prime minister out of the place at full speed.
Haiti is going through a serious crisis on practically all levels, one of the most difficult to overcome is the operation of heavily armed gangs that control part of Port-au-Prince and other areas of the country. The situation got even worse after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by a command that entered his house without resistance on July 7.
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