Women and children rescued by police after armed gang surrounds Haiti hospital

Gangs besieged a Haiti hospital. Where is Kenya’s police force?

Armed gang members surrounded a Port-au-Prince hospital, trapping dozens inside. Rising violence in Haiti has pushed Kenyan lawmakers to OK a police intervention in the Caribbean nation – though the move still faces opposition.

Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside - West Hawaii Today

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media.

Evacuan un hospital en Haití por violencia de pandillas

Un hospital haitiano ubicado en la barriada de Cité Soleil fue evacuado el miércoles a causa de los enfrentamientos entre grupos pandilleros que se disputan el control de la zona capitalina. LEA TAMBIÉN:  Confirman muerte de notorio jefe pandillero en Haití De acuerdo al fundador y director del centro hospitalario de Fontaine, Jose Ulysse, las informaciones sobre la toma de las instalaciones hospitalarias por parte de los pandilleros son falsa…

Police in Haiti Rescue Women and Children Trapped in Hospital by Armed Gang

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media. The Fontaine Hospital Center in the capital of Port-au-Prince is considered an oasis and a lifeline in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other…

Patients evacuated after gang surrounds Haiti hospital

People who were trapped inside the hospital after a heavily armed gang surrounded the area in Port-au-Prince have been evacuated. The hospital director said three armored trucks were sent for the rescue.