At least 2 journalists killed in shooting during hospital reopening in Haiti
CBSN
Haiti's online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a suspected gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital.
Street gangs have taken over an estimated 85% of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and they forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year. Authorities had pledged to reopen the facility Tuesday but as journalists gathered to cover the event, suspected gang members opened fire in a vicious Christmas Eve attack.
Robest Dimanche, a spokesman for the Online Media Collective, identified the dead journalists as Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean. Dimanche said an unspecified number of reporters had also been wounded in the attack, which he blamed on the Viv Ansanm coalition of gangs.
