Insurgents with assault rifles hold up Haiti's World Cup opponents, Belize

Insurgents with assault rifles hold up Haiti's World Cup opponents, Belize

The Belize squad were ambushed as they travelled from the airport to their hotel

Belize's football federation chiefs expressed "disappointment and disgust" after the bus ferrying the squad to their hotel in Haiti was stopped by an armed gang on motorcycles.

The incident occurred shortly after the squad had arrived in the Caribbean nation to play a World Cup qualifier.

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