The United Nations estimates more than 350 people, 310 of them gang members, have been killed in Haiti since April.
Resident evacuate the Carrefour Feuilles commune in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as gang violence continues to plague the Haitian capital. / Photo: AFP
Since April 24, when civilians lynched more than a dozen suspected criminals, birthing the"Bwa Kale" vigilante movement, some 310 alleged gang members, 46 civilians and a police officer have been killed, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ravina Shamdasani said on Friday. Haiti's under-gunned police have struggled to battle the gangs, which now control large parts of the capital.
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