More than two dozen killed after attempted attack on Haiti
20/11/2024 7:45
More than two dozen suspected gang members were killed in Haiti's capital on Tuesday after residents joined police to fight off an attempted overnight attack on an affluent hillside suburb of Port-au-Prince, police said.
The suburb of Petion-Ville was closed off on Tuesday as residents barricaded streets and asked those not from the area to stay home as they mobilized, some with machetes and hammers in hand, to protect the district from another gang invasion
Reuters reporter saw at least 25 bodies across the neighborhoods of Petion-Ville, Delmas and Canape Vert.
National police deputy spokesperson Lionel Lazarre told Reuters some 30 people he described as gang members had been fatally wounded throughout the day.
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