A COALITION of gangs in Haiti attacked one of the few districts in the country’s capital not under their control on Saturday.

After a week of clashes with the police in the Solino neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, members of the Viv Ansanm (Living Together) gang alliance torched homes as national police union SPNH-17 warned that the area was under almost total control of the gunmen and demanded the resignation of authorities.

Security forces and gunmen exchanged fire not far from Solino’s police base as social media images showed the neighbourhood engulfed in smoke and flames. Many people were seen leaving the area with whatever they could carry.