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Mob kills 13 suspected Haiti gangsters with gas-soaked tires

Members of the G9 gang coalition talk to reporters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 6, 2021. [AP Photo]

A mob in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires Monday after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop, police and witnesses said.

The horrific vigilante violence underlined public anger over the increasingly lawless situation in Port-au-Prince where criminal gangs have taken control over an estimated 60% of the city since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

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