Mourners File Into a Church in Haiti Where Gangs Killed Dozens of People in Latest Rampage
UNICEF helped secure the release of 13 abductees after the assault, which left 47 people dead and more than 50 kidnapped, officials said.
- More than 100 mourners gathered Wednesday in Kenscoff, Haiti, for funerals honoring victims of the August 23 gang attack that killed 47 people and resulted in the abduction of more than 50 others.
- Gangs seeking to seize territory in Kenscoff attacked the farming community amid broader violence where gangs control 70% of Port-au-Prince and have killed more than 3,050 people across Haiti since January.
- Marta Hurtado, a spokesperson for the United Nations Human Rights Office, reported that 150 gang members killed 13 people attempting to flee, then executed 22 in the church courtyard and 12 behind the building.
- After the funeral service Thursday, mourners declined to speak as anger persisted, while some people attacked journalists, including an Associated Press photographer who required medical care.
- Haiti prepares for its first general elections in more than a decade while the National Police investigates whether the attack involved negligence or complicity among officers; so far, 17 of the 47 victims have been buried.
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Mourners file into a church in Haiti where gangs killed dozens of people in latest rampage
More than 100 mourners in Haiti have attended funerals inside a church where gangs recently executed more than 30 people in an attack that shook the troubled country.
Haitians Demand Answers After Gang Massacre Devastates Christian Community
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (Worthy News) – Haitians were demanding answers after hundreds of mourners crowded into a church near the capital for the funeral of four of 47 people killed in one of the country’s deadliest recent gang attacks, which also devastated a Christian community and displaced thousands. Mourners wiped away tears, raised their hands and cried out Sunday as coffins arr…
Haitian gang attacks church, killing and kidnapping dozens, including children
Haiti’s most powerful gang coalition, Viv Ansanm, last week attacked and killed 47 people and kidnapped another 50. Many of the victims, including children, had taken refuge in a church and were executed there. The attacks began at 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 and continued through the following morning, sweeping through the Kenscoff commune, an […]
Hundreds attend funeral in Haiti for 4 victims of brutal gang attack that killed 47
New Delhi Times Hundreds of people crowded into a church near Haiti’s capital on Sunday for the funeral of four of the 47 people killed in a recent gang attack so brutal that it shook a country that has long struggled with violence. Mourners wiped away tears, raised their hands and cried out... New Delhi Times
Social and professional organizations denounce that the criminal coalition Viv Ansanm would be behind the attack on August 23 and 24 in the municipality of Kenscoff. They also ask to investigate the role of the authorities for possible collusion.
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