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Gang members in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince have raided a key community that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in a continuing attack, with residents fearful of the violence spreading throughout the city.
The sound of automatic weapons echoed throughout Solino yesterday as thick columns of black smoke rose above the once peaceful neighbourhood where frantic residents kept calling radio stations asking for help.
A 52-year-old street vendor, said she fled Solino with her teenage nephew after being trapped in her house for hours by incessant gunfire.
The homes around hers were torched by gangs, and she recalled seeing at least six bodies as she fled.
It was not immediately clear who organised and was participating in the attack on Solino.
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