At least 30 killed in crush at historic fortress in Haiti

<p>Officials said many killed at popular tourist site were young, with more people reported injured or missing</p><p>At least 30 people, many of them young, have died and dozens more are reported to have been injured after a crush at a mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti that is a popular tourist spot.</p><p>Jean Henri Petit, the head of civil protection for the country’s Nord department, said the incident took place on Saturday at Citadelle Henry, also known as Citadelle Laferrière, a large 19th-century fortress built shortly after the Caribbean country’s independence from France.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/at-least-30-killed-in-crush-at-historic-fortress-in-haiti">Continue reading...</a>