Three shot dead as gunmen attack Haiti's biggest hospital

Two journalists and a police officer are reported to have been killed, with others injured in the attack.

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Two journalists and a police officer were reportedly shot dead, while others were wounded in Tuesday's attack in the general hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince.

The site had been recaptured by Haiti's government in July, after being occupied and destroyed by gangs.

The Viv Ansanm gang alliance, which controls much of the city, has owned up to the attack.

Pictures posted online appear to show several people injured or dead inside the building.

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