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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Staff and agencies in Port-au-Prince

At least a dozen dead as gang violence spills into wealthy areas of Haiti capital

A woman reacts after seeing the body of a relative on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday.
A woman reacts after seeing the body of a relative on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday. Photograph: Johnson Sabin/EPA

Gunmen have assaulted two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital in an attack that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas and suggested that a gang insurrection that prompted the prime minister to resign is far from over.

Assailants looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise on Monday, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police. Both neighborhoods had previously remained largely peaceful despite a surge in gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on 29 February.

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