Bandits (Criminals) Raping Quake Survivors Women & Young Girls in Haiti
- Bandits (Criminals) Raping Quake Survivors Women & Young Girls in Haiti
Bandits (Criminals) raping young girls even raping women in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are preying on vulnerable earthquake survivors, in makeshift camps which were set up in the capital of Port-au-Prince after the disaster.
“With the blackout that’s befallen the Haitian capital, bandits are taking advantage to harass and rape women and young girls under the tents,” national police chief Mario Andresol told reporters.
“We have more than 7,000 detainees in the streets who escaped from the National Penitentiary the evening of the earthquake. It took us five years to apprehend them. Today they are running wild.”
Rachelle Dolce, who is living at a large makeshift camp on the Petionville Club Golf Course, said she thought a rape had occurred outside her tent the previous night. She said she heard men making noise and a woman struggling.
“I heard a fight outside, and I saw panties on the ground,” she said. “I started to shout a lot, and they left.”
“At night, people take things,” said Omen Cola, as she washed a blouse in basin made from a cut-off plastic container. “But I don’t have a problem. I don’t have anything to steal.”
“I don’t feel safe. But I don’t have anywhere else to go,” Irisia said as she sliced green peppers in a pan.
“Only Jesus Christ is watching over us,” said Mariana Merise, 40, a neighbour.
