Haiti gangs: More than 50,000 flee capital after surge in violence - BBC News

As violent attacks in Port-au-Prince resume, the UN says rural areas are ill-equipped for new arrivals.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Most of those fleeing have headed south, to areas still ravaged by the 2021 earthquakeBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsTens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks.

UN figures suggest more than 53,000 left the city of 3m between 8-27 March.

The UN is warning that the rural regions to which many have fled are not equipped to deal with such a large influx of displaced people.

Meanwhile, gangs are attacking businesses in the capital, torching pharmacies and vandalising schools.

Haiti's national police succeeded in repelling an attack on the presidential palace on Monday but armed men stormed the nearby State University of Haiti hospital, known by its initials HUEH, to use it as their command centre.

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