San Juan, Nov 15 (AP) Gunmen in Haiti opened fire Monday on a convoy that included vehicles from the US Embassy and Haitian National Police, as well as commercial vehicles, according to a US official. A Haitian driver was injured, but no police or embassy personnel were reported hurt.

A State Department spokesman confirmed those details to The Associated Press, but gave no other information on the incident beyond noting that the injured person's wounds were not life-threatening.

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The incident comes at a time of rising violence and increasingly brazen attacks by Haitian gangs that have grown more powerful since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. (AP)

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