Haiti violence: Residents see no end to crisis as capital city reels from gang warfare - BBC News

Bodies pile up even in the "safest" areas of Port-au-Prince, a capital city reeling from gang warfare.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Violence has engulfed the streets of Port-au-PrinceBy Will GrantBBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti"Port-au-Prince is in panic mode," a friend in the Haitian capital texted me.

Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country's spiralling security crisis.

More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street - the victims of the latest gang rampage.

As well as the early morning killing spree, the home of a judge was also attacked - a clear message to the country's elites vying for power.

All this in what is supposedly the safe part of town.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68602114

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