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Violence flares in Haiti capital as another gang leader killed

Attacks flared in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday including a shootout which left another gang leader dead.
 
A police operation killed the head of the Delmas 95 gang, Ernst Julme, known as Ti Greg, a day after another gang leader was killed in an apparent resurgence of a vigilante justice movement.
 
Julme's death marks a setback for moves by gangs to take over more parts of the city.
 
Julme had recently escaped from Haiti's largest prison in a mass jailbreak.
 
The flare up of violence comes as political groups appeared to get nearer to finalising a transition council set to take over from an absent government.
 
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed reports that political groups had selected all members of the transitional council set to assume presidential powers ahead of future elections.
 
The council, intended to bring together Haiti's fractured political class, is mandated with appointing a replacement to de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who announced his resignation on March 11 as gang violence prevented his return to Haiti.
 


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