At least 47 people are killed in the Kenscoff raid
As the toll from the gang raid in Kenscoff rose, video showed hundreds abducted from a mosque in Niger State. SouthCom called two people killed in an eastern Pacific strike narco-terrorists without offering evidence.
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The Kenscoff raid toll rises
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti said at least 47 people were killed and more than 22 wounded in an overnight gang raid on Kenscoff, the hillside community overlooking Port-au-Prince; it added that the estimate could change. The Haitian rights group RNDDH had initially issued a lower estimate and said a complete tally was difficult to obtain. Residents demanded the local police chief resign, saying officers failed to protect people killed minutes from the police station. The prime minister's office said Kenscoff would not be abandoned and government authority would be restored. The community has faced repeated gang attacks since last year.[1]
Captives from Niger State are identified in video
Footage posted on Facebook and WhatsApp by an armed group was reported to show people abducted during Friday prayers at a mosque in Dekara village, in Nigeria's Niger State. Residents said the captives included about 600 women, children and older people. Reuters could not verify when or where the video was filmed, but four residents said they recognised relatives and neighbours in it. Ibrahim Abubakar said he identified 13 people he knew. Police confirmed an attack on worshippers but could not verify how many people were taken. State authorities did not answer requests for comment on Monday.[2]
SouthCom kills two people in the eastern Pacific
US Southern Command, SouthCom, said it carried out a lethal strike on a low-profile vessel on established drug-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific on 23 August, killing two people. The command called them narco-terrorists but offered no evidence for the alleged trafficking. SouthCom figures put the toll from its nearly year-long campaign at 223 people killed in 67 strikes. The command also said more than 20 search-and-rescue efforts had been made and nearly all were unsuccessful. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said this month that three Central American countries had allowed joint operations on their soil; Guatemala denied that account.[3]
