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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Gang violence erupts as Haitian cabinet meets in Port-au-Prince
Gang violence broke out near Haiti’s National Palace on Thursday as the country’s fragile interim government convened a rare cabinet meeting in the heart of gang-controlled Port-au-Prince. The high-stakes gathering, described by officials as a symbolic attempt to reclaim authority, was marred by heavy gunfire, underscoring the deep insecurity plaguing a nation without a functioning president, congress, or recent elections.
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 has broken out between police and gangs outside the government headquarters in Haiti just before the country's cabinet met.
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…
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