Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in the capital and beyond has become and pledged to crack down on the rampant violence.
Garry Conille said restoring security is a top priority for him but warned it would take time. He said the objective is to recapture all gang-controlled territory “house by house, neighborhood by neighborhood, community by community.”
“Drop your weapons and recognize the authority of the state,” Garry Conille said in a message to gangs.
The Prime Minister spoke a few hours after journalists observed a line of armored vehicles roll down the main boulevard in downtown Port-au-Prince.
The vehicles carried Kenyan and Haitian police as they fanned out across the downtown area. Several shots rang out, but it wasn’t clear who fired and if anyone was injured or killed.
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