Haiti gangs wage battles in downtown Port-au-Prince

Police officers hold weapons as they patrol the street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 27, 2022, in in this still image obtained from social media video. Courtesy of Passion Info Plus/via REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital.

One video filmed downtown showed men running toward police with their hands in the air as gunshots rang out, in a new outbreak of violence following gang clashes this month outside the capital that killed hundreds of people.