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| Three shot dead as gunmen attack Haiti hospital | Three shot dead as gunmen attack Haiti hospital |
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| Police officers patrol a street after attack on a public hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti | Police officers patrol a street after attack on a public hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| At least three people died when armed men in Haiti opened fire at journalists, police and medical staff during a briefing to announce the reopening of the country's biggest public hospital. | At least three people died when armed men in Haiti opened fire at journalists, police and medical staff during a briefing to announce the reopening of the country's biggest public hospital. |
| Two journalists and a police officer were reportedly shot dead, while others were wounded in Tuesday's attack in the general hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince. | |
| The site had been recaptured by Haiti's government in July, after being occupied and destroyed by gangs. | The site had been recaptured by Haiti's government in July, after being occupied and destroyed by gangs. |
| The Viv Ansanm gang alliance, which controls much of the city, has owned up to the attack. | The Viv Ansanm gang alliance, which controls much of the city, has owned up to the attack. |
| Pictures posted online appear to show several people injured or dead inside the building. | Pictures posted online appear to show several people injured or dead inside the building. |
| Journalists were waiting for the arrival of Health Minister Lorthe Blema when the shooting began. | Journalists were waiting for the arrival of Health Minister Lorthe Blema when the shooting began. |
| Journalists Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean were killed during the attack, Robest Dimanche, spokesman for the Online Media Collective, told AFP news agency. | Journalists Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean were killed during the attack, Robest Dimanche, spokesman for the Online Media Collective, told AFP news agency. |
| Other journalists were wounded, he added. | Other journalists were wounded, he added. |
| An officer was also killed, police spokesman Lionel Lazarre told AFP. | An officer was also killed, police spokesman Lionel Lazarre told AFP. |
| "It felt like a terrible movie," Dieugo André, a photojournalist who witnessed the violence, was quoted as saying by The Haitian Times. | "It felt like a terrible movie," Dieugo André, a photojournalist who witnessed the violence, was quoted as saying by The Haitian Times. |
| "I have the blood of several injured journalists on my clothes." | "I have the blood of several injured journalists on my clothes." |
| In an online video claiming the attack, the Viv Ansanm gang alliance said it had not authorised the reopening of the hospital, which they occupied and destroyed in March. | In an online video claiming the attack, the Viv Ansanm gang alliance said it had not authorised the reopening of the hospital, which they occupied and destroyed in March. |
| The head of Haiti's presidential transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, said: "We express our sympathy to all the victims' families, in particularly to the Haiti National Police and all the journalists' associations. | The head of Haiti's presidential transitional council, Leslie Voltaire, said: "We express our sympathy to all the victims' families, in particularly to the Haiti National Police and all the journalists' associations. |
| "We guarantee them that this act will not remain without consequences." | "We guarantee them that this act will not remain without consequences." |
| People in Haiti continue to suffer with unbearable levels of gang violence, despite the installation of a new transition government in April and the deployment of an international force led by Kenyan police officers six months ago. | People in Haiti continue to suffer with unbearable levels of gang violence, despite the installation of a new transition government in April and the deployment of an international force led by Kenyan police officers six months ago. |
| Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination in 2021 of the then-president, Jovenel Moïse. | Haiti has been engulfed in a wave of gang violence since the assassination in 2021 of the then-president, Jovenel Moïse. |
| An estimated 85% of Port-au-Prince is still under gang control. | An estimated 85% of Port-au-Prince is still under gang control. |
| The UN says that as many as 5,000 people have been killed in violence in Haiti this year alone, and the country is now on the verge of collapse. | The UN says that as many as 5,000 people have been killed in violence in Haiti this year alone, and the country is now on the verge of collapse. |