Patients evacuated after gang surrounds Haiti hospital – DW – 11/16/2023
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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.
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    A heavily armed gang surrounded the Fontaine Hospital Center in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday.

    The hospital is considered a lifeline to the community living in the Cite Soleil shantytown, which has been seeing violent attacks by gangs against each other as well as residents.

    Ulysse said Haitian police arrived with three armored trucks and evacuated 40 children and 70 other patients to a safe space.

    Jean-Pierre is also the leader of a gang alliance called G-Pep, one of the two rival coalitions in Haiti.

    Haitian gangs have become more powerful since the assassination of  President Jovenel Moise, and the numbers of kidnappings and killings have risen.

    Earlier this year, at least 20 armed gang members burst into a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders and took away a patient in an operating room.

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