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Stranded Haiti aid worker describes city under siege: ‘Fear and bewilderment’

Stranded Haiti aid worker describes city under siege: ‘Fear and bewilderment’

Matt Knight, a British aid worker, tells of ferocious gun battles between security forces and gangs that keep him up at night

A British aid worker who is one of dozens of foreigners stranded in Haiti after a gang insurrection against the government has described the “fear and bewilderment” of being marooned in a city under siege.

Matt Knight, the director for the Irish humanitarian aid agency Goal Global in Haiti, flew into its capital, Port-au-Prince, from Europe three days before the uprising against Prime Minister Ariel Henry began on 29 February.

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