Bodies found in Haiti capital as gang violence persists

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Several people are found dead in Port-au-Prince's relatively upscale Petion-Ville suburb, which has been threatened by gangs.

People look at the body of a dead man as rival gangs are vying for control of turf while the state remains largely absent / Photo: Reuters

Four more people were found dead on Monday in the capital's relatively upscale Petion-Ville suburb, which gangs have threatened.At least one other person was shot dead amid fighting in the capital's Delmas district.Haiti has been facing a worsening conflict with alliances of gangs vying for control of parts of the capital and attacks on the airport and main port blocking access to key goods.

Jamaica's military reported over the weekend that troops had arrived from the Bahamas and Belize to participate in a training exercise known as Trogon Shield with Canada, which had earlier said its soldiers would, over the course of a month, train some 330 Caribbean troops in preparation for deployment to Haiti.

The government showed images of the Mexicans boarding a helicopter to be flown to the ship, due to the closure of Port-au-Prince airport.

 

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