People carry their belongings while fleeing their neighbourhood following gang attacks that sparked a violent civilian response, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -More than two dozen suspected gang members were killed in Haiti's capital on Tuesday after residents joined police to fight off an attempted overnight attack on an affluent hillside suburb of Port-au-Prince, police said.
The suburb of Petion-Ville was closed off on Tuesday as residents barricaded streets and asked those not from the area to stay home as they mobilized, some with machetes and hammers in hand, to protect the district from another gang invasion.
