PORT-AU-PRINCE: Demonstrators blocked streets and burned tires in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday (Jan 26) after 11 police officers were killed over the last week due to gang violence that continues to grip the Caribbean nation. Protesters blocked roads around the capital and in several cities t
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Demonstrators blocked streets and burned tires in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday after 11 police officers were killed over the last week due to gang violence that continues to grip the Caribbean nation.
A group of demonstrators arrived at the official residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry and then left for the Port-au-Prince airport, according to a Reuters witness. Haiti's National Police and the Prime Minister's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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