Hinche: Pillaging Incidents and Continued Tension on February 7t

For a third consecutive day, the city of Hinche experienced a day of tension and complete paralysis of activities on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Dozens of individuals looted the departmental office of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and ransacked the municipal premises. In the afternoon, bursts of automatic gunfire were heard in an attempt to halt the scenes of looting and arson.

The looters made off with photovoltaic systems from the municipal office, among other items, and then set fire to the building, located about a two-m