Gangs lay siege to neighbourhoods in fresh outbreak of violence in Haiti
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More than 2,500 people have been killed or injured this year since gang violence escalated in the Caribbean country.
Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early on Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced.