Two dead in gang attack on journalists covering Haiti hospital reopening

A number of people were shot by armed gangs at the General Hospital, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

Haiti’s online media association has confirmed that two reporters were killed and others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital.

Street gangs have taken over an estimated 85% of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and they forced the closure of the General Hospital early this year.