Gangs storm a prison in Haiti in latest surge in violence
POLICE in Haiti urgently appealed for help on Saturday night as they struggled to hold back gangs trying to storm the country’s main prison in a major escalation of violence sweeping the troubled Caribbean nation.
“They need help,” a union representing Haitian police said in a message posted on social media bearing an SOS emoji repeated eight times.
“Let’s mobilise the army and the police to prevent the bandits from breaking into the prison.”
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