In a recent press briefing, Rameau Normil, the Commander in Chief of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), provided an initial report on the joint operations conducted with the Multinational Mission led by Kenya during the first two weeks of the state of emergency.
104 bandits were killed in armed confrontations with the police in the Ouest and Artibonite departments, specifically in the communes of Ganthier, Croix-des-Missions, Tabarre, Gressier, and Delmas. Around forty bandits sustained fatal injuries in Gressier.
Please take note of the following details: Simultaneously, 65 individuals were apprehended. In addition, 19 firearms and 7 vehicles were confiscated. Furthermore, 9.24 kilograms of cocaine and 6.08 kilograms of marijuana were seized. Rameau Normil explicitly outlined the situation that transpired on Monday, July 29 at the intersection of Saint-Honoré and Monseigneur Guilloux streets in downtown Port-au-Prince. He emphasized that it was not an armed gang assault on the motorcade of Prime Minister Garry Conille. It was clarified that the Prime Minister had already departed the area when law enforcement officers provided cover fire.