Situation in Haiti remains critical
By Khanyisa Tabata
24 January 2010
The humanitarian situation in Haiti is still dire following the devastating earthquake of 11 days ago and UN troops had to fire warning shots and spray tear gas on survivors after a food delivery to hundreds of them spiralled out of control.
The distribution of food, soybean oil, water and radios at a former military airfield began calmly, but things soon got out of control as people began to fight over the supplies.
Things got so bad that soldiers eventually simply left a pile of food and radios for the crowd to fight over.
24 January 2010
The humanitarian situation in Haiti is still dire following the devastating earthquake of 11 days ago and UN troops had to fire warning shots and spray tear gas on survivors after a food delivery to hundreds of them spiralled out of control.
The distribution of food, soybean oil, water and radios at a former military airfield began calmly, but things soon got out of control as people began to fight over the supplies.
Things got so bad that soldiers eventually simply left a pile of food and radios for the crowd to fight over.
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