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Street scene in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince
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Haiti is not getting peace: More than ten bodies were transported in ambulances from the wealthy district of Petionville on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, eyewitnesses reported.
Gang members moved early in the morning into neighborhoods in the south of the city, where mainly wealthy people live.
They looted several houses and a bank branch.
When the police brought the neighborhoods back under control, at least ten bodies were found on the streets, it was said.
The crisis in Haiti has continued to worsen in recent weeks.
According to the United Nations, the gangs now have around 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince under their control.
According to the UN, around 362,000 Haitians are displaced within the country, more than half of them children.
Almost half of Haiti's approximately eleven million inhabitants suffer from acute hunger.
The Caribbean country's powerful gangs recently prevented interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning from a trip abroad.
Henry then resigned.
Haiti currently has no functioning government.
A presidential council made up of representatives from various parties and social groups will now temporarily take over official duties.
The United Nations and the embassies of Western countries, including Germany, have withdrawn their employees in recent days.
The Foreign Office spoke of a “very tense security situation”.
The USA has announced that it wants to fly its citizens out.
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