UN Reveals Horrific Numbers of Child Violence Victims in Haiti

Between January and December 2023, 128 children were killed and another 78 mutilated, revealed a report on the situation of children presented to the UN Security Council on June 3, 2024. These children were victims of "crossfire between armed gangs and the Haitian National Police. The losses were mainly due to stray bullets in the case of 125 children and targeted killings involving 62 children, including children gang-raped or burned alive in reprisals," reads the report, which details the gender of the children and the gangs to w