A gang leader accused of killing more than 100 people in Haiti’s capital to avenge his son’s death was still persecuting residents on Tuesday, according to a rare witness account.
Few details about the two-day killing spree in the community of Cité Soleil on Friday and Saturday have been made public. Residents have not been allowed to leave, and no images of the killings have been shared on social media like they often have been in previous incidents.
A spokesman for Haiti’s National Police did not return messages for comment on Tuesday. Neither did the leader of a UN-backed mission led by Kenyan police that deployed earlier this year to help quell gang violence in Haiti.
For years, police have been unable to penetrate the gang-controlled area, and even human rights groups have not been able to access it this time, relying on witnesses who live there and often refuse to talk for fear of being killed.
Two local human rights groups say more than 100 people were killed on Friday and Saturday, while Volker Türk, UN high commissioner for human rights, said at least 184 people were killed.
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