Haitian journalist, activist killed in Port-au-Prince shootings

Killings come amid a surge in gang violence in the Haitian capital that has displaced thousands in recent weeks.

A journalist and a political activist are among at least five people killed in a spate of overnight shootings in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, the government said on Wednesday, as a press freedom group urged authorities to conduct a thorough investigation. Images showing reporter Diego Charles lying dead on the ground and activist Antoinette Duclair in her car circulated on Haitian social media. Duclair was dropping Charles off at his home when they were shot. At least three other people were shot dead in the same neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, angering locals who protested by burning tyres in the road.