PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti's government has deployed specialist anti-gang police units, it said on Friday, after an apparent massacre northwest of Port-au-Prince that the United Nations said left at least 70 dead.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti 's government has deployed specialist anti-gang police units, it said on Friday, after an apparent massacre northwest of Port-au-Prince that the United Nations said left at least 70 dead.Carried out early on Thursday in the town of Pont Sonde, some 100 kilometers from the Haiti an capital, the attack saw scores of houses and vehicles torched after gang members opened fire.
''Police officers stationed nearby, apparently understaffed, offered no resistance to the criminals, preferring to take cover,' she said.At least 16 people were seriously injured, the UN said, including two gang members shot by police.The gang reportedly set fire to at least 45 houses and 34 vehicles, it added, forcing many residents to flee.
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