According to a statement from the Haitian National Police and the Multinational Security Support (MSS), a Kenyan-led security force, those final shots were troops firing their weapons as the prime minister was leaving to “provide cover.” Afterward, the national police and MSS Force “followed up where the shots had been fired from the neighborhood and pacified the area,” it said. No one was injured and the prime minister was safely returned to his office. Haiti is still roiling from deadly gang violence and political upheaval, which sharply escalated in February. The crisis saw critical infrastructure attacked by gangs and cease to function, including the capital’s international airport and seaport, breaking vital supply lines of food and aid. The interview took place in the city’s ruined General Hospital, once a major public health institution. It was reclaimed from gang control in early summer by Haitian National Police, and then again from…
