Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.
Hours after the airport assault, officials said Haiti’s police academy came under attack by an armed gang. The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site.
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Source: CBS News