Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Haiti earthquake: Schoolgirl looter Fabienne Geismar, 15, killed by a single bullet to the head for stealing a few photographs


Fabienne Geismar died after being shot by police. The pictures she had looted lie beneath her face.
She lies limp on the ground, killed by a single shot to the head.
Crushed beneath her bloodied face, are the garish paintings which she paid for with her life.
But Fabienne Geismar was not one of 4,500 prisoners to escape after the Haiti earthquake broke Port-au-Prince prison apart.
Fabienne had survived the quake which devastated the family home but died in its aftermath, laying face down in her own blood beside the rubble and the pictures she was said to have been stealing.
In recent days the city has become so used to the sight of dead bodies that she hardly drew a glance as she lay crumpled, clad in a pink and grey top and pink skirt, he flimsy shoes still resting on her feet.

As a small crowd watched, her 52-year-old father lifted Fabienne from the ground and then laid her on a cart before breaking down in tears.
It is unclear whether police deliberately aimed at looters, who had targeted properties destroyed in the earthquake, or had been firing warning shots over their heads.
Fears of widespread violence and looting have eased in Haiti as U.S. troops provided security for water and food aid deliveries, and thousands of displaced Haitians heeded the government's advice to seek shelter outside Port-au-Prince
While military escorts still are needed to deliver relief supplies, the United Nations said security problems were mainly in areas considered "high risk" before the quake.
"The overall security situation in Port-au-Prince remains stable, with limited, localized violence and looting occurring," the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs saidRead more:

2 comments:

chib said...

It is so sad for such a death.
The police forces did not have any other means to catch her other than the bullet!
Shame....

PASSION4FASHION.TZ said...

Chib it is sad,
The Haitian Police couldn't find time to rescue anyone, but they can find time to shoot people who survived the earthquake,as if there isn't enough deaths in the country,I felt sick reading this story , a young life gone for a picture of some flowers.

poor child might have been taking the pictures to exchange for food and water or maybe she was hoping to sell the picture to buy some food.