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Armed gangs have attacked Haiti’s national prison in Port-au-Prince, apparently allowing hundreds of prisoners to escape. The police were unable to prevent the gangs from freeing a large number of prisoners who were being held for “kidnapping, murder and other offences,” the government announced on Sunday. Media reports on the number of escaped prisoners varied – from hundreds to almost all of the nearly 3,700 detainees. According to the government, several people were injured in the attack on Saturday. But according to multiple media reports, there were also fatalities. There is also said to …