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Sana Khan

Haiti Declares State Of Emergency After Weekend Jailbreak, Surge In Violence

A policeman points a gun at protesters during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Credit: AFP)

Haiti's government declared a state of emergency Sunday evening in response to a surge of violence that led to a weekend jailbreak, allowing inmate gang members to escape from the nation's two largest prisons.

The state of emergency will last for 72 hours as the government officials are hunting the criminals who escaped the two prisons, located in the capital Port-au-Prince.

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