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More than 20 dead in Haiti violence
07-12-2006

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): More than 20 people were killed in Haiti in recent days amid escalating violence involving armed gangs in Martissant, the southern suburb of the capital, UN officials said.

Soldiers from Ski Lanka that serve here as part of a UN stabilization force were rushed into the area in an attempt to restore order.

UN officials also appealed to the Haiti government, demanding that order be restored and people responsible for the killings be brought to justice.