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the government said that at least four police officers and armed civilians from the community of Canapé-Vert, one of the few neighborhoods not controlled by gangs, were killed in the attacks.
Gangs kill four soldiers, four civilians in bid to seize control of Haitian capital →
The illicit miners, known as “zama zamas” - "hustlers" or “chancers” in the Zulu language - are usually armed and part of criminal syndicates, the government says, and they rob South Africa of more than $1 billion a year in gold deposits.
