Deadly Haiti drone attack kills eight children in capital Port-au-Prince

A deadly drone attack in an impoverished area of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, which killed at least 11 people, including eight children, is being blamed on the government, as the country's use of the UAVs in its war on gangs comes under increasing scrutiny. The incident happened on Saturday night in Cite Soleil, one of Port-au-Prince's most dangerous neighbourhoods, in the city's west along the coast, as Albert Steevenson, known as Djouma or "King Jouma", who is a suspected gang leader, was celebrating his birthday. One of the group's leaders and most notorious figures, Jimmy Cherizier, known as Barbecue, promised to avenge the attack. Claudia Bobrun, 30, whose daughter was killed in the attack, showed The Associated Press news agency a video of the eight-year-old in a pool of blood, as she burst into tears. Merika, another four-year-old victim of the attack, was playing with other children at 8pm in the Simon Pele neighbourhood, in Cite Soleil, where the suspected kamikaze drone exploded.