The US has airlifted staff from its embassy out of Haiti as violence engulfs the Caribbean country and gangs attack government buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
“Heightened gang violence in the neighbourhood near US embassy compounds and near the airport led to the state department’s decision to arrange for the departure of additional embassy personnel,” said the US embassy on Sunday.
“Non-essential” staff had left, it said without giving numbers, but the embassy remained open. Several countries, including France and Spain, have reduced their embassy staff or suspended operations over the past two years.
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