Coverage dated November 14, 2023 to November 15, 2023

Haiti Police Rescue Women, Children as Gangs Surround Hospital, Director Says

Headline from Voice of America

The hospital has been considered an oasis in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other and civilians

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Reports & sources

18 articles, oldest first.

  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    The official said on social media that ''hundreds'' of patients at the hospital were taken hostage, but the number could not immediately be confirmed.

  2. Anchorage Daily News

    Hospital director in Haiti says gang stormed in and took women and children hostage (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The hospital has been considered an oasis in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other and civilians.

  3. New York Post

    Hundreds of women and children taken hostage in Haiti after heavily armed gang storms hospital: director (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A heavily armed gang burst into a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns.

  4. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital, traps people inside (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti >> A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media.

  5. Voice of America

    Haiti Police Rescue Women, Children as Gangs Surround Hospital, Director Says (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The hospital has been considered an oasis in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other and civilians

  6. WSVN Miami

    Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them,

  7. Latin Times

    Haiti Police Rescue Women, Children Trapped In Hospital Surrounded By Armed Gang (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, saw an increase in gang violence following the death of a powerful leader.

  8. Los Angeles Times

    Haiti police rescue women and children in hospital after gangs surround facility (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A hospital director in Haiti says police in armored trucks evacuated patients and children trapped inside a hospital by gangs who surrounded the facility.

  9. Politico

    Hospital director in Haiti says police rescued women and children after gangs surround facility (opens Politico)

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    Politico's feed description

    Jose Ulysse said Haiti’s National Police responded to his call for help.

  10. Black Enterprise

    Haitian Gang Traps People Inside Hospital In Port-au-Prince (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    A dire situation unfolded in Haiti on Nov. 15 as a heavily armed gang besieged Fontaine Hospital Center in Port-au-Prince.

  11. Time

    Police in Haiti Rescue Women and Children Trapped in Hospital by Armed Gang (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The number of kidnappings and killings in the country keeps rising, as gangs have continued to grow more powerful in recent years.

  12. Fox News

    Haitian hospital surrounded by gang members; women, children held hostage (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Heavily-armed gang members surrounded the Fontaine Hospital Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside the building.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.