Haitian vigilantes hit back at the gangs as power stations are struck

The gang warfare tearing Haiti apart is being fought in the dark after concerted attacks on power plants plunged much of the capital Port-au-Prince into darkness.

Hundreds of dead bodies now lie unburied in the streets as residents hastily band together into vigilante groups to protect themselves against armed factions bolstered by thousands of convicts freed from stormed prisons.

Chaos escalated since Prime Minister Ariel Henry was last week amid attempts by armed gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier to seize power.

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