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The Guardian - US
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Joe Parkin Daniels

‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital

Madame Jesula Ville, seven months pregnant, recounts the murder of her husband, whose body was burned by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince this week.
Madame Jesula Ville, seven months pregnant, recounts the murder of her husband, whose body was burned by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince this week. Photograph: Johnson Sabin/EPA

Nearly 150 people have been killed and scores wounded during gunfights between warring gangs in Haiti, as the latest surge of violence has paralysed much of the sprawling capital, Port-au-Prince.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday that it had treated more than 96 people with gunshot wounds in its medical facilities in Port-au-Prince since 24 April.

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