Gang attacks escalate in Haiti and Western embassies evacuate their employees. The United States and Germany announced the evacuation of employees from their embassies.
International institutions warned of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions. Criminal gangs control most of the capital, as well as the roads leading to the rest of the country, and have been attacking police stations, prisons and courts for days. There are 362,000 displaced people - more than half of whom are children - currently in Haiti, an increase of 15% since the beginning of the year.