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Gunmen attack convoy evacuating medical staff after aid group in Haiti temporarily shutters hospital

Four vehicles belonging to Doctors Without Borders came under fire while evacuating staff from a hospital in Haiti's capital, as gang violence surges.
The aid organization suspended services at the Turgeau Emergency Center due to the worsening street fighting nearby.
Benoit Vasseur, the group's head of mission in Haiti, reported that while no one was killed, staff members sustained minor injuries.
Gang violence in Haiti has left over one million people homeless, and more than 5,600 were killed last year, according to the U.N.

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Aid group in Haiti temporarily shutters hospital after gangs attack convoy evacuating medical staff

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