RT published this video item, entitled “Violent escape | Bodies in the street as gang boss flees Haiti prison” – below is their description.
At least seven prisoners and a prison director were killed in a dramatic shootout on Thursday after several inmates escaped from a prison in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Among the escapees was Arnel Joseph, one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders.
Joseph had been the most wanted gang boss in Haiti prior to his incarceration.
As the violence at Croix des Bouquets prison spilled out onto the streets, at least six bodies were observed near the prison by AFP photographers.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe confirmed that the authorities have since regained control over the prison, which was also the site of a mass breakout in 2014, during which hundreds of inmates escaped
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