PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—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.
A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Dec. 5, 2024.
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. 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.
The two rights groups said Altès blamed Vodou religious leaders and older people in the community of practicing witchcraft and harming his son. “This massacre is a profound tragedy that underscores the escalating crisis of gang violence and lawlessness in Haiti,” said Guerline Jozef, the alliance’s executive director.
He said his father, Marcel Cangé, was killed after three men showed up at his home on Friday night and demanded he go with them. The older Cangé was already preparing for bed because he was going to church early Saturday and liked to be punctual. When he requested that the men allow him to put on a shirt and pants, they told him it wasn’t necessary, according to his son.
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