The UN Integrated Office in Haiti documented another 459 people injured between July and September 2026 and called for stronger protection and assistance for residents.
At least 1,167 people were killed and 459 injured in Haiti between July and September 2026, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, known as BINUH, documented in its quarterly report. The figures are minimum documented totals.
Al Jazeera reported that the UN documented 1,408 killings and more than 650 injuries related to gang violence between April and June.
The report described serious abuses across the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and the Artibonite and South-East departments. Earlier in the year, security operations had driven gangs from neighborhoods including Bel Air and La Saline, but members gradually returned and committed further abuses, BINUH said.
BINUH attributed more than 45% of the incidents to gangs and around 5% to self-defense groups targeting gang members and suspected collaborators. More than half of the documented killings and injuries occurred during ground or air operations by security forces against gangs, sometimes supported by a private military company using drones. The report did not attribute every casualty in those operations to security forces.
Two attacks in Kenscoff in July and August killed at least 105 people, including 19 children. In early August, gangs beheaded at least 19 people in Cité Soleil, including 12 elderly women. BINUH also recorded attacks in Saint-Michel-de-l’Attalaye in Artibonite and Marigot in South-East, areas previously largely spared from gang infiltration.
The report documented 44 cases of extrajudicial executions or attempted executions involving Haitian National Police members, compared with 14 in the previous quarter. Extrajudicial executions are killings carried out outside a legal process.
The report documented at least four people killed, including two children, and 10 injured in attacks using explosive drones. It also recorded at least 137 people kidnapped for ransom during the quarter, compared with 81 in April–June; children accounted for 10% of the kidnapping victims.
BINUH documented 344 victims of sexual violence by gang members; victims ranged from eight to 75 years old, and 77% of the cases involved gang rape. It also said at least 32 boys aged 14 to 16, forcibly recruited by a gang, were killed during fighting with security forces in Gressier in August.
BINUH head Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN secretary-general’s special representative in Haiti, cited massacres in Kenscoff and other previously spared localities in calling for stronger protection and a greater state presence in areas retaken from gangs. The report urged Haitian authorities to improve protection and assistance for people affected by violence.
The UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force had not been fully deployed when the report was published. The report called on the international community to maintain its commitment to Haiti and accelerate full deployment in line with international human rights standards.
The UN Security Council extended the force’s mandate until 31 March 2027. In a 29 September report by Al Jazeera, US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said about 1,500 troops were operating in Haiti and another 4,000 were expected in the coming months. Unlike the preceding effort, which focused primarily on supporting Haitian police, the force can coordinate with Haiti’s military or act independently.
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