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UN says 184 people killed in Haiti as gang leader allegedly ordered massacre of elders on recommendation of Voodoo priest

Increasing gang violence in Haiti


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The UN human rights chief said on Monday that 184 people were killed in Haiti’s capital over the weekend, as Port-au-Prince was rocked by a surge in gang violence, raising the death toll. Haiti’s growing security crisis Minimum up to Rs 5,000.

“Just last weekend, at least 184 people were killed in violence perpetrated by a powerful gang leader in the Cite Soleil area of ​​the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince,” Volker Turk advised Newshound in Geneva. “These latest killings bring the death toll in Haiti this year to a staggering 5,000.”

Volker Poor seemed to be the subject of an alleged massacre perpetrated by the leader of the Cite Soleil group, a gang that focused on the elderly population whom he suspected of making their child sick through magic.

Wharf Jeremy gang leader Monel “Mikano” Felix ordered the killings at Cite Soleil and all victims of the attack have been killed, Reuters news agency quoted the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDH) as saying on Sunday. Has been disabled for more than 60 years.

The RNDDH said Felix had sought advice from a Voodoo priest, who told him that elders in the department had harmed his child, who died on Saturday, prompting members of his gang to kill him on Friday and Saturday for at least At least 100 people were killed with machetes and knives.

Insecurity continues in Haiti's capital amid increasing gang violence
Society marches across a burning shield in the Petion-Ville area of ​​Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in a record photo taken on November 19, 2024, in one of the most important areas of the capital city , which is no longer under full surveillance. Capture of armed hooligan gangs.

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Cite Soleil is a densely populated agglomeration similar to the port in Port-au-Prince. It is one of the poorest and most violent subjects of the small nation.

Haiti has been in the grip of political chaos for years, with heavily armed gangs taking over much of Port-au-Prince and elsewhere. Much of the capital remains lawless despite a large number of police being sent from Kenya to reinforce regulation and the layout.

the bulk of global airways Stopped flying in and out of Haiti Amid the chaos and bloodshed, several US carriers halted flights, followed by firing on planes in November. American Airways said over the weekend it no longer plans to resume flights in February as previously said, joining Spirit Airways and JetBlue Airlines Suspending all Haiti routes indefinitely,

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