Haiti faces new gang attack as uncertainty grows

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A Haitian gang began the second half of December with a new attack, of which the number of fatalities and injuries from gunfire is still unknown. teleSUR

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00:00The Living Together Coalition of criminal groups has been setting fire to residences,

00:04schools and churches since Sunday in revenge for the death of one of its leaders

00:09at the hands of police forces. In the middle of a confrontation this weekend,

00:13national and multinational police forces neutralized AKA Jeff Mafia, the lieutenant

00:18of Jimmy Cherishier, head of the criminal coalition. In retaliation, the criminal

00:22groups maintained an incessant attack on residential areas, schools and religious

00:26centers in Nassau, Post Marchand and Avenue Pupilar in Port-au-Prince, the country's

00:31capital. The order from the leader of the criminal groups has spread to several

00:35provinces in the center of the country. In this contest, they have warned of a

00:39forthcoming attack on the base of operations of the multinational police forces.

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