Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them.
The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site.
Associated Press journalists saw an armored truck on the tarmac shooting at gangs to try and prevent them from entering airport grounds as scores of employees and other workers fled from whizzing bullets.
It is the biggest attack on the airport in Haiti’s history.
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack
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