More than two dozen gang members were killed by police and members of the public after residents in the country’s Pétion-Ville neighborhood woke up Tuesday to panic and armed bandits in their midst. The attempted attack on the tony residential suburb of ...

Haitian gang were killed by police in Port-au-Prince after they launched an attack on the Pétionville neighborhood

Armed gangs attacked a wealthy suburb of the capital, police say, as part of effort to bring down the government.

At least 28 suspected members of armed groups were killed in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday by the National Police and civilians, who then burned the bodies of more than 20 of them,

The attack on Petionville was led by the Viv Ansanm group, whose spokesman, gang leader and former elite police officer Jimmy Chérizier, had announced the plan in a video posted on social media. At least 28 suspected gang members were killed and hundreds of munitions seized,

Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police. The attack on Pétionville was led by the Viv Ansanm group,