Armed Gangs Open Fire, Kill at Least Three at Haiti Hospital Reopening

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Armed gangs in Haiti have opened fire at a government press conference at a hospital reopening in Port-au-Prince, killing at least three people and injuring several others.

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00:00At least three people are dead after armed gangs opened fire at a government press conference

00:06in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

00:08Videos show journalists and others in attendance taking shelter and climbing a wall to escape.

00:14They had gathered for the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, which has been closed

00:18since March after a surge in gang attacks.

00:21Armed gangs control nearly the entire Haitian capital and have focused attacks on the city's

00:26hospitals in recent months.

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