At least 12 bodies found after gang attacks in upscale Haiti suburb
Al Jazeera
Bodies found outside capital, Port-au-Prince, as attacks by gang members have ravaged the country for weeks.
At least 12 bodies have been removed by ambulance from the affluent neighbourhood of Petion-Ville on the outskirts of the Haitian capital as tensions simmer pending the announcement of a new government.
Gunmen looted homes in the mountainous communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise on Monday, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police.
The neighbourhoods had remained largely peaceful despite a surge in gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on February 29.
The bodies of the victims, who had been shot, were removed from the main road leading into the suburb and from outside a fuel station, the Reuters and Associated Press news agencies reported.
The latest attacks have raised concerns that gang violence will not end despite Prime Minister Ariel Henry announcing nearly a week ago that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. The council will have seven voting members and two observers from different political coalitions and sectors of society.
