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September 24, 2025

At Least 11 People Killed After a Drone Attack Strikes a Birthday Party in Haiti
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In Haiti, at least 11 people, most of them children, were killed after a
drone attack struck a birthday party in Port-au-Prince Saturday. The
attack supposedly targeted gang leaders. Experts have denounced the
strikes as a violation of international law, blaming Haiti's interim
government, which earlier this year hired foreign military contractors
to conduct lethal operations against gangs who have seized
Port-au-Prince and vast swaths of territory across the island nation.
The contractors work for a company owned by Trump ally Erik Prince, also
the founder of Blackwater.


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