Haitian armed group enters hospital in Port-au-Prince

Gunmen attacked and caused significant damage to Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, on Monday night. teleSUR

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00:00Haiti members of the Living Together criminal group attacked the Bernard Mev hospital in the capital of the country.

00:05The hospital suffered major damage caused by molotov cocktails which hit the facilities.

00:11Authorities reported that the criminal group destroyed rooms, installations and equipment.

00:15In this context, national and local authorities strongly condemned the attack.

00:19In addition, they designated the Haitian National Police to be there.

00:22The latter has been provided with resources to operate on a permanent basis to reinforce the hospital's security.

00:29Authorities assure that they will put the criminal groups out of action as the people have been criticizing the government

00:34for not having taken measures to prevent the attack on time.