In the midst of the nation’s spiraling security crisis, residents of Petionville, a richer section of the city, are rattled after experiencing the most violent day to date.
Over a dozen bodies covered in gunshots were lying in the street; they were the victims of the most recent gang attack.
In addition to the early-morning killing spree, a judge’s house was also targeted in an apparent message to the nation’s ruling class.
This is all happening in the ostensibly safe area of the city.
Catherine Russell, the executive director of Unicef, described the state of affairs in Haiti as “horrific” and compared the chaos to the movie Mad Max, a post-apocalyptic tale.
If anything, the most recent violence in Port-au-Prince serves as a reminder.
The UN has also projected that 3,000 pregnant women were at risk of giving birth without access to maternity care during that crisis due to the closure of numerous hospitals in the capital.
We went to the public hospital in Cap Haitien to see the maternity unit. At just one day old, Baby Woodley’s initial cries were the same as those of any newborn, wanting both comfort and sustenance.
