Haiti order a state of emergency of curfew after a weekend of violence and a prison break
HAITIAN authorities declared a state of emergency on Sunday and ordered a curfew in an attempt to regain civic control after an explosion of violence during the weekend.
The lockdown began on Sunday night after gunmen from gangs overran the country’s two biggest prisons and freed their inmates.
The government said the state of emergency would enable authorities to find escaped killers, kidnappers and other violent criminals.
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