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In the crisis-hit country of Haiti, violence is increasingly spreading to the previously largely peaceful neighbourhoods of the upper class. Gang members advanced into the Laboule and Thomassin neighbourhoods in the south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Monday, according to several local media reports. They looted several houses and a bank branch. When the police brought the neighbourhoods back under control, at least 10 bodies were found in the streets, the reports said. The crisis in Haiti has continued to escalate in recent weeks. The Caribbean state’s powerful gangs recently prevented int…

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