US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources
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Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles.
Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles. A security source told CNN on Tuesday that two armored vehicles belonging to the US Embassy in Haiti were fired upon by the criminal groups “400 Mawozo” and “Chen Mechan.” No injuries were reported, but the US vehicles are believed to have been intentionally targeted, the security source said. The attacks, along with an increase in gang activity around the embassy’s vicinity, have prompted embassy officials to begin the process of evacuating up to 20 diplomatic staff from the capital, another source told CNN on Thursday. The evacuation of “non-emergency” diplomatic workers will be rolled out in the “coming days,” the second source said. Also on Thursday, a humanitarian helicopter used by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) in the country was hit by heavy gunfire as it was airborne over Port-au-Prince, causing the agency to cancel Friday’s scheduled flights. Pictures shared with CNN show at least eight bullet holes on the helicopters fuselage and what appears to be its rotor system. The helicopter, which was clearly marked as a UN aircraft, was carrying 18 people when it was hit, according to a WFP statement.
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