Over 200 killed in Haiti bloodbath by Wharf Jeremie Gang: UN report

At the least 207 individuals have been killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti’s portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month, in keeping with a report by the United Nations on Monday, revising an earlier estimate of 187 deaths.

The U.N. Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights detailed the bloodbath in a brand new report, stating that a minimum of 134 males and 73 girls, most of them aged residents accused of witchcraft, have been killed in lower than every week of mass executions, abductions, and raids by round 300 gang members.

Gang chief Monel ”Mikano” Felix ordered the assaults after his little one received sick, accusing native residents of inflicting the sickness by Voudou. Most of the victims have been kidnapped from Voudou temples and non secular ceremonies, the U.N. mentioned.

The killings shocked the Caribbean nation, which has been engulfed in a worsening gang battle, compounding devastating meals shortages, whereas its neighbors lag on delivering long-promised safety help.

Mikano’s gang has managed a small however strategic space between key ports, surrounding warehouses and nationwide highways out of the capital for some 15 years, in accordance the U.N.

After the killings, gang members tried to erase proof by confiscating cellphones, burning our bodies and dumping them into the ocean.

Over 5,300 individuals have been killed in Haiti since January and greater than 12,000 for the reason that begin of 2022, in keeping with the U.N., whereas over 700,000 have been internally displaced.

With inputs from companies.