Some 50 suspected gang members have died this week after attacking a coastal town in Haiti, including at least a dozen who drowned after their boat capsized, a government official said Thursday. While the majority were killed by police,

Violence has reignited in the country following a lull in the first weeks after a Kenyan-led, U.N.-backed multinational security force arrived in July.

The top U.N. official in Haiti says gangs have escalated their violence and expanded operations outside the capital, even attacking small boats and kidnapping personnel from cargo shipping companies