Gunmen opened fired on the streets of Bassin Bleu around noon on Thursday, killing at least one high-school teacher, according to local leader, Rodlet Jean Baptiste, speaking on Radio Caraibes. The surge of violence stirred panic in the community as gang members burned the police station and several public and private buildings and looted a credit union. Baptiste blamed the attack on the gang Kokorat San Ras, which has a firm grip on the region. Haitian National Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment and more information on the attack. According to a recent report by the United Nations, “Kokorat San Ras, despite its limited numbers, is also a very brutal gang” that operates in the Artibonite region. Its roughly 20 members have “committed acts of extreme violence, forcing people to abandon large areas of cropland and threatening agricultural production”. (Jamaica Gleaner)