Haitian Gang Massacres Over 180 in Witchcraft-Linked Attack

Haiti gang leader accused of slaughtering over 100 people after believing elders used witchcraft to sicken his son

A gang leader in Haiti who controls a key port in its capital was accused of slaughtering the elderly and Vodou religious leaders in droves during a bloody campaign to avenge his son's death over the weekend, according to the government and human rights organizations.

180 Dead: Haitian Warlord Orders Massacre Of Elderly For Using 'Sorcery' To Sicken Son

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people — most of them elderly — were variously slashed, hacked, or shot to death on the orders of a warlord who’d been advised that aging slum residents had used sorcery to give his son a severe illness. Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé called it “a barbaric act of unbearable cruelty.” The bru…

The White House condemned the massacre in Haiti over the weekend, when a gang leader ordered it on the advice of a voodoo priest

Haitian Gang Massacres Elderly Vodou practitioners

At least 180 elderly, many of whom were Vodou practitioners, were massacred in Haiti over the weekend because a gang leader believed they were causing his son's illness.

‘Targeted manhunt’: Nearly 200 killed in gang massacre in Haiti

Nearly 200 people were killed in gang massacre in Haiti as the country is gripped by escalating violence. The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles joins José Díaz-Balart with her reporting.

Harrowing Massacre Underscores Depth of Gang Control in Haiti

Harrowing Massacre Underscores Depth of Gang Control in Haiti Reports of a chilling massacre in Haiti highlight the depth of criminal control in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where a largely absent state has left citizens exposed to depraved gang attacks.More than 100 mostly elderly people were murdered between December 6 and 7 by a gang operating in the Cité Soleil neighborhood, one of the capital’s poorest, according to Haiti’s govern…