Gang attack kills at least 7 and burns police station in Marigot, Haiti.

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Armed men killed at least seven people in Seguin, a locality in the commune of Marigot, Haiti, during an overnight attack that also left a local police station burned and police vehicles destroyed.

The attack took place on the night of April 13 into April 14 in Haiti’s southeastern Sud-Est department, an area that had been considered far less exposed to gang violence than Port-au-Prince and parts of Artibonite. The assault targeted residents and police infrastructure in Seguin, where the attackers set fire to the sub-police station and burned vehicles belonging to the Haitian National Police.

Video circulating online shows the aftermath of the killings. Several burned bodies are seen lying side by side. Voices in the footage identify some of the dead by first name, but no complete official victim list was found. The video confirms the presence of burned victims on the ground, but it does not show the full sequence of the assault, the arrival of the attackers, or the identity of the armed group.

The initial public death toll was at least seven. A later account attributed to authorities in the Sud-Est department put the toll at eight dead and said two police officers were slightly injured. A subsequent police-linked update cited at least six civilians killed and three police officers wounded. Because those figures differ, the safest confirmed description is that at least seven people were killed.

The attackers also destroyed police property. Early reports cited two burned police vehicles, while a later account attributed to the national police cited three official vehicles burned and equipment taken from the station, including logistical material. The Seguin sub-police station was described as burned during the attack and later retaken after reinforcements reached the area.

Marigot’s mayor appealed to Haiti’s central government after the attack and criticized what he described as a slow response. He said the victims were young men who had worked with police by sharing information to help protect the local population. The identity of the gang or armed group responsible for the attack was not officially confirmed in the available public information.

The attack produced an immediate reaction in Jacmel, where residents protested against the spread of armed violence into the Southeast. Demonstrators demanded stronger police and judicial action after the killings in Seguin and warned that the region could lose ground to armed groups if the state failed to reinforce security.

Police reinforcements were later sent to Seguin, including anti-gang officers deployed to support local units already operating in the area. A later update attributed to the Haitian National Police said officers had regained control of the Seguin sub-police station and placed strengthened security measures in the area. That update did not erase the conflicting death tolls reported after the attack.

The Seguin killings came as armed groups continued to expand beyond the capital and into rural and regional areas. Before the Marigot attack, Haiti had already seen deadly assaults in Artibonite, including attacks in communities where homes were burned and residents fled. The violence has disrupted roads, farming areas and local authority in several parts of the country.

International figures released before the Seguin attack showed the scale of the crisis. More than 5,500 people were reported killed in Haiti between March 2025 and mid-January 2026, with more than 2,600 others injured. Armed violence had also forced about 1.4 million people from their homes, creating pressure on communities outside the capital as displaced families searched for safer areas.

In Seguin, the confirmed elements are direct and severe: armed men attacked the locality overnight, at least seven people were killed, burned bodies were recorded on video, the police station was set on fire, and police vehicles were destroyed. Later accounts added injuries among police officers, deployment of reinforcements and a police claim of regaining control of the substation.

News story written by DarkGore.

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