00:00A specialised police unit in Port-au-Prince came under attack on Monday
00:05as it patrolled the streets of the Haitian capital.
00:10Officers returned fire after suspected gang members threw Molotov cocktails at the armoured car.
00:17The vehicle quickly filled with smoke as its roof set alight.
00:22Police sped away from the area and volunteers helped to put out the fire.
00:26Gangs control about 90% of the capital.
00:31We must help the police. The population must get involved.
00:35Today the bandits are against us, against the people.
00:39If they weren't against us, they wouldn't burn our houses.
00:42They wouldn't burn the homes in Salino. They wouldn't burn our home in Dalmas.
00:47Kenyan police arrived in Haiti two years ago to lead a UN-backed mission to retake the capital.
00:53But the operation is understaffed and underfunded.
00:59In September, the UN approved a gang suppression force that will have the power to arrest suspected gang members.
01:07Hunger and poverty are deepening across the Caribbean island,
01:11as 1.4 million people have been displaced by the ongoing violence.
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