At least 184 people were killed over the weekend in the Cité Soleil area, a leading human rights group has said, attributing the killings to a personal vendetta by a local gang leader.
The National Human Rights Defence Network said on Sunday that Wharf Jeremie gang leader Monel “Mikano” Felix ordered the massacre after his child became sick.
Felix had reportedly sought advice from a Voodoo priest who accused elderly people in the area of using witchcraft to harm the child, who died on Saturday afternoon.
Gang members killed at least 60 people on Friday and 50 on Saturday using machetes and knives, according to RNDDH.
All the victims were aged over 60, the rights group said.
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