New UN data shows that more than 1,200 people were killed [11] and 522 wounded in Haiti between July and September. This represents a 27% increase in casualties compared to the second quarter. Figures could get even worse, as a new wave of coordinated gang attacks is terrorizing areas [12] that had previously been spared. About 10,000 people were forced to flee [13] parts of Port-au-Prince, while nearly 22,000 more were displaced [14] in Arcahaie, north of the capital. Gangs also fired at a UN helicopter [15] used by the World Food Program to deliver aid and at US embassy vehicles, while a Catholic charity's hospital clinic was vandalized [16] and set on fire. On Oct. 31, a new UN report [17] projected that 5.4 million Haitians [18]—nearly half the population—will face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity by February 2025. Despite the ever-rising violence, the US government continues its deportation flights [19].
From The New Humanitarian [21], Nov. 1
