In worsening gang fighting in Haiti, 20 dead, thousands displaced
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In worsening gang fighting in Haiti, 20 dead, thousands displaced

Al Jazeera  

Increased violence comes as gangs tighten their grip on the island following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Criminal violence in Haiti intensified this week, with fighting among rival gangs in part of the capital killing at least 20 people, among them children, and leading to thousands having to flee their homes. “I don’t know what it’s going to be like tomorrow.” Authorities said that along with the dead, two dozen people had been injured in the violence, and that one bullet hit an empty United Nations Humanitarian Air Service helicopter stationed near the airport. “Armed men of the ‘400 Mawozo’ gang set fire to my house” and “killed several of my neighbours before also burning their houses,” Lucien, who lives in a northern neighbourhood, told AFP. “This situation, which has worsened due to bloody clashes between rival gangs, has led to the forced displacement of many families who have had to leave their homes to escape the fury of armed groups operating in complete ease and amid complete indifference from state authorities,” the agency said in a statement.

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