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One person has died after violence spilled over in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday as gunfire rang out. Roadblocks and burning tyres were placed along city streets in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime.

A demonstrator throws a tyre into a burning road block during protests over rising fuel prices and crime as inflation surged to its highest in a decade, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy ErolA demonstrator throws a tyre into a burning road block during protests over rising fuel prices and crime as inflation surged to its highest in a decade, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 13, 2022.

The latest demonstrations come as inflation surged to its highest in a decade, chronic gang violence has left much of Haiti’s territory beyond government reach, and outbreaks of bloody turf battles between rival gangs have left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.

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