US EditionHail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti’s leaders trying to fend off gangs
Haiti’s government officials fled amid gunfire during a meeting to reclaim downtown Port-au-Prince, where gangs control 90% of the capital, authorities said.
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An intense shooting took place this Thursday in the surroundings of the National Palace of Haiti, while the first council of ministers of the transitional authorities was held in place in 18 months in power, forcing several of the participants to evacuate.
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Hail of gunfire interrupts key meeting of Haiti's leaders trying to fend off gangs
Gunfire has erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince after Haiti’s leaders made the rare and defiant decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the retaking of an area long controlled by powerful gangs.
Gunfire between gang members and police erupted on Thursday near the Palais National, the seat of government in Haiti, in the capital Port-au-Prince, where a cabinet meeting was expected to take place, the first to be held there in months, an eyewitness and an AFP correspondent reported. The palace, the seat of the presidency and government, had been practically abandoned in recent times due to insecurity in the center of the Haitian capital, wh…
An intense shooting took place this Thursday in the surroundings of the National Palace of Haiti, while the first council of ministers of the transitional authorities was held in 18 months in power, forcing to evacuate several of the participants. At the moment no casualties have been reported in the area of the shooting, in Champ de Mars, the main public square of the capital. (Read more...) The Tiroteo entrance around the National Palace of Ha…
An intense shooting broke out on Thursday in downtown Port-au-Prince after Haitian leaders made the unusual and challenging decision to meet at the National Palace to symbolize the recovery of a long-held area controlled by powerful gangs.
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