Kenscoff: Eight Dead as Police Repel Armed Gang, Free a Hostage
Le Nouvelliste reports a bandit was lynched and one hostage freed after clashes in the Robin area on July 9, 2026.
KENSCOFF, Haiti — At least eight people were killed during an armed gang attack in the Robin area of Kenscoff on Thursday, July 9, 2026, according to Le Nouvelliste. Police and local brigade members intervened in the late afternoon and pushed back the assailants, who left behind death and devastation, the outlet reported. Officers discovered eight bodies in a house not far from a tap-tap station. Three of the victims had been burned, while the five others — four men and a woman — awaited recovery, according to the report. During the operation, one hostage was freed by police and a suspected bandit was lynched, Le Nouvelliste said. The violence adds to mounting insecurity in Kenscoff, a locality in the heights above Port-au-Prince that has faced repeated armed incursions. Previous reporting cited by the outlet noted that more than 5,800 people had been displaced in Kenscoff following earlier armed attacks. Details on the identities of the victims and the specific gang involved were not immediately available. Authorities have not released an official casualty statement independent of the account published by Le Nouvelliste.