(miamiherald.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- United Nations troops and Haitian National Police officers restored a sense of order to downtown Port-au-Prince Sunday afternoon after three prisoners were killed in a botched jail break.
(heraldsun.com.au)
"They tried to get out and were killed," Haitian National Police spokesman Frantz Lerebours told the Miami Herald.
Residents near the national penitentiary, in downtown Port-au-Prince, reported that gunshots were heard at the facility about 10am local time.
Haitian police said the three prisoners overpowered several guards and stripped them of their weapons - three shotguns and an M-14 rifle - but were killed before they made good on their escape bid.
By mid-afternoon, dozens of UN troops and riot police officers blocked off the street leading to the prison's entrance, the Herald reported.
In the chaos after Haiti's devastating earthquake on January 12, thousands of prisoners escaped from the jail, with today's incident continuing a long saga of unrest at the facility.
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