A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory describes seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going without help.
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Video from inside at the time of the attack shows a metal gate outside the hospital buckling under a hail of gunfire, as reporters scrambled to try to get inside the building. “While the hospital was about to reopen, it had no medical supplies available for giving first aid to the journalist victims and the other victims,” Regala said, adding that since they couldn’t find any gloves they used plastic bags on their hands as substitutes.
The government had no immediate response to the complaints. Meanwhile, the seven wounded journalists were taken to another hospital.
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