Eight children lost their lives on Saturday night after explosive drones struck a gang controlled neighborhood in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
Relatives and rights activists told the Associated Press on Monday that six more children were badly injured in the attack, which they claim was carried out by police.
The explosions ripped through Cité Soleil, an area dominated by Viv Ansanm, a powerful gang coalition that the United States has listed as a foreign terrorist organization.
Reports suggest the strike was aimed at suspected gang leader Albert Steevenson, also known as Djouma, who was preparing to celebrate his birthday.
According to Haiti’s National Human Rights Defence Network, Steevenson had been handing out gifts to children when the drones struck.
One local resident, Michelin Florville, said the blast killed his two grandchildren, aged three and seven, as they sat outside with their mother.
