(26 Jul 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince - 25 July 2023
1. Various of displaced people taking refuge around the U.S. Embassy
HEADLINE: Haitians shelter from gang violence at U.S. Embassy
ANNOTATION: Gang violence in Port-au-Prince has forced families to flee their homes and seek refuge at the heavily fortified embassy.
ANNOTATION: Families, including children and the elderly, camped in front of the embassy's main entrance in the capital city.
ANNOTATION: A heavy gunfight broke out and residents blamed the Kraze Barye (Breaking Barriers) gang, who operates in the Tabarre neighborhood.
2. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Melanie Limose, displaced resident:
“We don’t have any where to stay. The bandits kicked us out of our home. They rape us even if we are old, even the little ones they rape them as well. I had to run to come here last night. I had a fever, I was trembling and I never experienced anything like this. We are in misery.”
3. Police and armored vehicle patrolling neighborhood affected by gang violence
4. Wreckage of burnt truck
ANNOTATION: There was no official confirmation regarding which gang was involved or whether people were killed or wounded.
5. Various of police
ANNOTATION: Police with armored vehicles had gone into the neighborhood but it was unclear if the area was safe again.
STORYLINE:
Gang violence in Port-au-Prince has forced families to flee their homes and seek refuge at the heavily fortified embassy.
Families, including children and the elderly, camped in front of the embassy's main entrance in the capital city on Tuesday.
A heavy gunfight broke out and residents blamed the Kraze Barye (Breaking Barriers) gang, who operates in the Tabarre neighborhood.
There was no official confirmation regarding which gang was involved or whether people were killed or wounded.
Police with armored vehicles had gone into the neighborhood but it was unclear if the area was safe again.
More than 165,000 Haitians have fled their homes with nowhere to turn, amid the surge in gang violence, the U.N. said.
AP video shot by Pierre Luxama
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