Jude Edouard Pierre, the Mayor of Carrefour, strongly condemns the shooting of Friday, June 23, 2023 at Thor 10, around 9:00 p.m. where individuals circulating in motos opened fire on a cultural activity on the public road, without prior authorization of the Town Hall, causing the death of 3 people https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39862-haiti-news-zapping.html and injuring several others.

"The municipal administration expresses its condolences to the parents and loved ones of the victims and calls on the police and judicial authorities to shed full light on this odious crime and to bring its perpetrators to justice.

It calls once again on the High Command of the National Police on the need to conduct independent investigations into these cases of repeated unpunished murders for several years in the commune and to prevent others that could occur in the coming.

Thus, with the aim of restoring peace and enabling the police to better coordinate their patrols, all cultural activities on public roads are strictly prohibited throughout the town until at further notice. The police and judicial authorities are invited to scrupulously enforce these provisions in the general interest [...]"

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