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At least 148 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, since two rival gangs declared war on each other last month.
AFP quoted the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights as saying, following an investigation conducted in the northern neighborhoods of the capital, where the fighting took place, that 148 people were killed, including seven bandits, after they were executed by their leader, and that some of the victims were burned alive inside their homes that were set on fire, among them women.
The Haitian organization added that it was informed of a mass grave containing 30 bodies that were buried by one of the gangs, as they threw the bodies in the streets and wells, while at least 9,000 people fled from the neighborhoods affected by the violence and took refuge in temporary centers, churches and schools, most of whom did not return even after the fighting stopped Fear of renewed violence.
Armed gangs have been active for decades in the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, where they have significantly tightened their grip on the city and the country in the past few years, which has led to a significant increase in the number of killings and kidnappings.
So far, the Haitian government has not responded to the violence that has imposed a near-siege on the capital and people can no longer leave safely by road to the rest of the country.
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