HAITI CAPITAL PARALYZED AS GANG BOSS VOW TO BLOCK PM'S RETURN FROM KENYA. (PHOTO).
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Haiti capital paralysed as gang boss vows to block PM's return from Kenya
Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Haitian police were overwhelmed by a series of coordinated violent attacks by gang members across the capital in which four officers were killed, a national police spokesman said Friday.
The attacks on Thursday in Port- au-Prince were led by gunmen who opened fire on targets including Haiti’s international airport and seized control of two police stations, prompting people to flee in fear as schools and businesses closed.
“The situation yesterday was horrible,” spokesman Garry Desrosiers said in an interview with Radio Caraibes. “The city center was at war.”
Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation known as G9 and Family and Allies, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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