‘The ground shook’: drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs

Video shared on social media shows drone attacks, which some say have helped pacify gangs inflicting violence on Port-au-Prince

• Warning: this story contains footage that readers might find distressing

The earth beneath Jimmy Antoine's apartment shuddered and for a split second he feared another natural disaster had struck, like the 2010 cataclysm that brought Port-au-Prince to its knees.

The ground shook like it does during an earthquake. You tremble like everything might collapse," said the 23-year-old trainee mechanic, recalling how he and his panicked neighbours raced out on to the street.