Two of seven journalists who carried out a report this Sunday in the neighborhood Haitian from Cite Soleil, scene of a bloody confrontation between gangs, they were killed and later burned, the local press reported on Monday.
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The journalists were identified as Frantzsen-Charleswho works for FS News, and Tayson Lartigueby You Jenn Jounalis.
Consulted by Efe, the spokesman for the National Police, Garry Desrosiers, said he was “aware, through the press, that five of the journalists “exited with difficulty” from the place and, according to them, “the other two were shot” .
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“We have information that they have been murdered,” he continued, however, he specified that the information could not be officially confirmed.
Desrosiers encouraged journalists to be careful when going to neighborhoods like Cité Soleil, which are constantly at war.
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“You have to have a minimum of information. You have to be careful,” he said, and encouraged the five journalists who were able to go out to attend the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police to explain what happened.
The confrontation between armed gangs has already left more than 300 dead in Haiti and has led to flee more than 3,000 people of violence in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti is plunged into a deep social, economic, political and violent crisis, aggravated after the assassination a year ago of then President Jovenel Moïse.
EFE
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