"At least eight children were killed and six others seriously injured in a drone attack on a birthday party in Haiti's capital where an alleged gang leader was distributing gifts, according to relatives and activists. The explosions happened on Saturday night in Cite Soleil, which is controlled by Viv Ansanm, a powerful gang coalition which the US has designated as a foreign terrorist organization."
"This is my daughter, said Claudia Bobrun, 30, as she showed the AP a video of her eight-year-old girl lying in a pool of blood. Tears rolled down her face as she replayed the video. Michelin Florville, 60, said the explosion killed two of his grandchildren, ages three and seven, and his 32-year-old son. People were running right and left, he recalled, noting that he was standing near where one explosion occurred."
"Nanouse Mertelia, 37, said she was inside her house on Saturday night and ran out to see what happened after hearing an explosion. Her son had left their home several minutes earlier to get something to eat. She found him on the ground, his leg and arm blown off. Come get me, come get me, please mama, she said he told her, but he had lost too much blood. By the time we got to the hospital, he died."
A drone attack during a birthday party in Cite Soleil killed at least eight children and seriously injured six others, with residents reporting at least 13 total deaths. The explosions occurred Saturday night in a neighborhood controlled by Viv Ansanm, a gang coalition designated by the US as a foreign terrorist organization. Relatives described multiple graphic casualties, including young children and adults, and witnesses recounted chaotic scenes. Haiti's National Human Rights Defense Network accused police of launching two exploding drones as suspected gang leader Albert Stevenson, known as Djouma, distributed gifts. Observers called for urgent accountability while authorities remained silent 48 hours later.
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