Over a dozen alleged gang members stoned, burned alive in Haiti

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00:00 Half a dozen bodies being burned on the streets of Haiti's capital, victims of vigilante justice.

00:07 Supposed gang members killed in broad daylight and then set on fire by residents, according

00:12 to witnesses.

00:14 Those who live in the neighborhood ready to fight back.

00:17 "If the gangs come to invade us, we will defend ourselves.

00:23 We have our own weapons.

00:24 We have our machetes.

00:25 We will take their weapons.

00:26 We will not run away.

00:28 Those who want to protect their children can send them elsewhere."

00:33 The violence had started in the early hours of the morning, when criminal gangs burst

00:37 into several homes and attacked residents.

00:41 Hours later, police stopped and searched a minibus supposedly containing several gang

00:45 members.

00:46 According to officials, a mob saw this as a chance for revenge.

00:51 During a search of a minibus in which there were armed individuals, the police confiscated

00:55 weapons and other equipment.

00:57 In addition, more than a dozen individuals travelling in this vehicle were unfortunately

01:01 lynched by members of the population.

01:05 The violence underlines the increasingly lawless situation in Port-au-Prince.

01:10 Criminal gangs have taken control over an estimated 60% of the city since the assassination

01:15 of President Jovenel Moise nearly two years ago.

01:19 On Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the deployment

01:24 of an international armed force to Haiti in a desperate attempt to temper the escalating

01:29 violence.

01:30 It comes as a UN report highlighted the surge in murders and kidnappings in the country

01:35 with special emphasis on Siti Saleh, an area of the capital that has become besieged by

01:40 gangs who are blocking access in and out.

01:43 Locals terrorised by the violence are afraid to venture out of their homes.

01:47 According to the UN, reported kidnappings have nearly doubled in the country in the

01:51 last three months and homicides have gone up by 21%.

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