Dhaka, March 20 -- At least 10 people were found dead on Monday in a wealthy suburb of Haiti's capital, as gang violence takes grip of the country amid political instability following the announcement of the Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation.

Witnesses reported seeing the bodies, some with bullet holes, in the affluent Petion-Ville neighbourhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

Armed gangs attacked homes, a bank and a gas station in the area.There were reports of shooting and looting in the nearby area of Laboule.

"We don't know if it's bandits or the police who were behind this," a motorcycle taxi driver named Cadet told AFP news agency. He said that the victims were probably those who had been out late at night, "searching fo...