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Haiti’s main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge, U.S. embassy says

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Summary
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67% Informative

Firefights between gangs and police break out in parts of Haiti ’s capital, Port-au-Prince , with heavily armed officers ducking behind walls.

In other upper class neighborhoods, gangs set fire to homes.

It comes after reports that gangs shot at a Spirit airline flight and photos shared with the Associated Press of bullet holes in the plane.

VR Score

71

Informative language

71

Neutral language

61

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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