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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evens Sanon

Haiti gangs fire on journalists covering a planned hospital reopening, leaving casualties

APTOPIX Haiti Gang Violence - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Suspected gang members opened fire on journalists in Haiti's capital on Tuesday as they were covering the attempted reopening of the country's largest hospital, wounding or killing an unknown number of people.

Haiti's interim president, Leslie Voltaire, said in an address to the nation that journalists and police were among the victims of the vicious Christmas Eve attack. He did not specify how many casualties there were, or give a breakdown for the dead or wounded.

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