'We will not back down' against armed gangs, vows Haitian FM Dupuy
"We are a people of 12 million being held hostage by about 2,000 bandits", Haitian Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy told FRANCE 24 when asked about gang violence in the country. Speaking in the wake of a massacre by the "Gran Grif" gang in a small town on October 3 that left 177 people dead, including children, she vowed that the Haitian government "will not back down" in the face of the armed gangs. But "the international community needs to understand that the support we need needs to come now," she insisted.
"We are a people of 12 million being held hostage by about 2,000 bandits", Haitian Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy told FRANCE 24 when asked about gang violence in the country. Speaking in the wake of a massacre by the "Gran Grif" gang in a small town on October 3 that left 177 people dead, including children, she vowed that the Haitian government "will not back down" in the face of the armed gangs. But "the international community needs to understand that the support we need needs to come now," she insisted.
