The United Nations offered a grim update this month on the worsening violence in Haiti: At least 390 people were killed in intense gang fighting in the Cité Soleil and Croix-des-Bouquets areas of the capital between March 6 and May 16.
Some victims were hit by bullets inside their homes or while fleeing violence. Others were deliberately targeted on suspicion of collaborating with police. Sexual violence was also used as punishment, the U.N. said, and at least 87 homes and public buildings were burned, disrupting essential services, healthcare, education and commerce.
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