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EXPLAINED: Haiti homicides double difficult to overstate crisis un chief | Vintage Vibes

Police officers patrol a neighborhood amid gang-related violence in downtown Port-au-Prince on April 25, 2023 (Credit: AFP)

Homicides in Haiti more than doubled last year as the Caribbean nation faced a worsening "multidimensional crisis," with gangs using kidnappings and sexual violence to steadily gain territory, a UN report said Tuesday.

"I am appalled by the staggering and worsening level of gang violence devastating the lives of Haitians, in particular in Port-au-Prince," United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said.

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