Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion

Police officers take part in a confrontation with gangs near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 21, 2024.

Police officers take part in a confrontation with gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 21, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS

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Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to finalising a transition council to take over from an absent government.

A police operation killed the head of the Delmas 95 gang, Ernst Julme, known as Ti Greg, a day after another gang leader was killed in an apparent resurgence of vigilante justice, police and sources confirmed.