PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, July 25 (UPI) -- The U.N Stabilization Mission in Haiti says its peacekeeping force is moving robustly against activities of armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The mission, known by the acronym MINUSTAH, said in a statement Monday, with the security situation in parts of the capital tense the aim is to bring bandits to justice, while taking all possible measures to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.
It regretted any such casualties that may have occurred and pledged to investigate any serious allegations of the use of unnecessary force on its part.
MINUSTAH said there had been allegations civilians had been injured or killed during an operation earlier in the month in the Bois Neuf area of Cite Soleil aimed at apprehending a prominent gang leader, Emmanuel Wilmer, alias "Dread Wilme," who was believed to have been involved in murder, kidnapping, rape, arson, carjacking and extortion.
Also suspected of involvement in the April slaying of a Filipino soldier serving with MINUSTAH, he was believed killed in the operation.
