Armed Haitian Gang Surrounds Hospital In Capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them. That’s according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media. The Fontaine Hospital Center in the capital of Port-au-Prince is considered an oasis and a lifeline in a community overrun by gangs that have unleashed increasingly violent attacks against each other and residents. Hospital Director Jose Ulysse told The Associated Press that gangs were torching homes around the hospital and preventing people inside from leaving. He said it appeared that none of the gang members entered the hospital.