Eyewitness
Eyewitness
90% of Port-au-Prince controlled by gangs as thousands forced into heaving displacement camps
As the families near a Port-au-Prince intersection, automatic gunfire bursts from the turret of one of the armoured police vehicles. Instantly the children and their parents run for safety, hugging a wall – they know what is about to happen.
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Police use heavily-armoured vehicles to patrol in Port-au-Prince
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A boy sleeps at the bottom of a staircase inside a displacement camp
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Getting out of the cars would be suicide for police officers
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Children caught in the crossfire in Port-au-Prince
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Barbara Gashiwi and baby Jenna
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Barbara Gashiwi tells Sky News she doesn't think she'll ever be able to go home
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The gang warfare has left some Port-au-Prince streets completely derelict
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The few free districts in the capital are packed with people and traffic
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