Haiti's Justice Ministry has called for a boost in security for Prime Minister Garry Conille and other Cabinet officials in response to unspecified threats that they could be targeted by malicious parties.
The ministry did not provide details other than to say it had consistent and persistent information that the top officials might be targeted by unnamed actors intent on sowing trouble and panic in the country.
It has therefore urged police and judicial authorities to take appropriate measures to guarantee the officials' safety.
The statement from the Justice Ministry comes as gang violence escalates in certain neighbourhoods of Haiti's capital that aren't already under gang control, just months after a UN-backed mission, led by Kenyan police, began.
More than 4,000 people have been left homeless in the recent attacks targeting communities in Port-au-Prince.
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