Cité Soleil raid of 2007
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| Cite Soleil raid of 2007 | |||||||
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| Part of the prologue of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Numerous unknown heavily armed gangs | UN troops, Haitian National Police (HNP) |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20 | 1 UN soldier, 10 HNP policemen 4 civilians |
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[edit] Background
The Cité Soleil raid of 2007 began on February 10, 2007 in the Cité Soleil district of Port-au-Prince, capital city of Haiti. It was intended to to crack down on a notorious gang leader called "Evans".
The raid started around the early afternoon when UN troop forces assaulted the slums of Cité Soleil where it is controlled by several gangs. The UN troops entered the area they were ambushed and a battle was started between the troops and heavily armed gang members.
The raid ensumed until the next day where fierce resistance was still in place.
The raid ended and the gang members surrendered at a school which was also the gang's main center.
Later the gang leader "Evans" gave up, because he always surrendered to powers above him.
[edit] Fatalities
- In all one UN soldier was killed and four other soldiers were wounded.
- In the raid ten HNP policemen were killed and 20 were wounded.
- During the crossfire four civilians were killed and ten other civilians wounded.
[edit] Raids
Since the assault of Cité Soleil the UN troops raided other slums but they were never confronted like the raid to get "Evans".
- This was a second assault of Cité Soleil, but this was an assault/raid to capture a druglord/gang leader.
- The first assault was an attack in which on the "civilian pespectives" attacked the whole town killing civilians and assaulting homes.
