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UN: Haiti gangs kill 1,500 in three months

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The charred remains of vehicles that were burned near a garage are seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 25, 2024.[File, VOA]

Gang violence has killed more than 1,500 people in Haiti so far this year, the United Nations said Thursday, as it deplored the continuing stream of weapons pouring into the Caribbean Island nation.

The U.N. described the situation in the chaos-wracked country as "cataclysmic."

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