Haiti: UN, 531 dead in clashes between gangs since January

(ANSA) - GENEVA, MARCH 21 - More than 530 people have been killed since the beginning of this year in clashes between gangs in Haiti, the United Nations announced today.

    This year, "up to March 15, a total of 531 people have been killed, 300 injured and 277 kidnapped in gang-related incidents that occurred mainly in the capital Port-au-Prince," said the spokeswoman for the United Nations Office for Human Rights , Marta Hurtado, adding that at least 208 people were killed and 164 injured in the first two weeks of March alone, mostly by snipers.

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