The members of the gang storm the city of Mirebala in Central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 prisoners from prison.
A spokesman for the Haiti National Police said that additional employees in the city were located in the city, located 50 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital, Port-O-Prince.
Police officers said they had regained control of Mirebalah, but local reports warn that many of the escaped prisoners are still wandering through the streets.
Armed gangs control almost the entire capital, but it seems that this last attack suggests that they are increasingly targeting cities in other parts of the country.
Mirebalais is located at the crossroads of two main roads, one leading north of Port-O-Prem to the shore, and another leading east to the Dominican Republic.
The locals said that highly armed men fired at buildings and passers -by and installed buildings and cars, sending the residents who were running for their lives.
They also attacked the local police department and stormed the prison where 500 people were detained and released those inside.
A local radio journalist told the Associated Press agency that the attackers belong to two gangs – 400 Mawozo and a group calling themselves “Taliban” – which are both part of the VIV Ansam gang coalition and control the northern portions of Port -O -Pens.
It is believed that the two bands may be trying to gain control of key roads leading to their countryside areas.
400 Mawozo is scandalous for kidnapping people for ransom. They have often targeted buses traveling to and from the capital.
The Taliban gang has its fortress in Canaan, a suburb in the northern part of the port-prens.
The attack came just days after the multinational security maintenance mission (MSS) in Haiti confirmed that Kenyan policeman, Benedict Kabiru, was shot dead When attacking a gang.
Multinational forces are trying to help Haiti's national police to regain control of the gang -run areas, but locals say they have made little progress so far.
Kabiru was the second Kenyan to be killed while on duty in Haiti.
A total of over 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as a result of abuse with bands, according to the United Nations organization.
Another 2212 people were injured and 1494 abducted in 2024, UN reported.