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Massacre in Haiti's Citè Soleil leaves over 110 elderly people dead over alleged witchcraft

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According to the articles, a mass murder took place in Cite Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The perpetrator of the violence was identified as Monel "Mikano" Felix, the leader of the Wharf Jeremie gang. The victims were elderly people, with a reported death toll of at least 110 people over the course of two days. It appears that Felix targeted these individuals because of a perceived accusation of witchcraft, which he believed had caused his child's illness. The alleged catalyst for this accusation was a priest who allegedly pointed to elderly people in the area as the suspected perpetrators of this alleged witchcraft.

  1. AT
    Volker Türk
    United Nations
    1. These latest killings bring the death toll just this year in Haiti to a staggering 5,000 people.
  2. HT
    National Human Rights Defense Network
    1. The massacre was triggered by the severe illness of his child. Micanor sought advice from a voodoo priest ('bókò') who accused elderly people in the area of practicing witchcraft and harming the child.
  3. HT
    Committee for Peace and Development
    1. The gang's soldiers were responsible for identifying victims in their homes to take them to the chief's stronghold to be executed.
    2. He decided to cruelly punish all elderly people and voodoo practitioners who, in his imagination, would be capable of sending a bad spell on his son.
    3. Reliable sources within the community report that more than a hundred people were massacred, their bodies mutilated and burned in the street.

Gangs in Haiti

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  2. Gang violence in Haiti claims over 5,600 lives in 2024, UN reports a significant increase in killings
  3. Regional Military Forces Deployed in Haiti to Support Anti-Gang Operations

sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.CNN
  6. 6.Al Jazeera
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.BBC
  9. 9.The New York Times
  10. 10.Agence France-Presse
  11. 11.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Inflation
  3. 3.Organized crime
  4. 4.Riots
  5. 5.Gangs in Haiti
  6. 6.Hunger

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.Dominican RepublicDO
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.HaitiHT
  5. 5.KenyaKE
  6. 6.Russian FederationRU

organizations

  1. 1.Committee for Peace and DevelopmentHT
  2. 2.UN International Organization for Migration
  3. 3.National Human Rights Defense NetworkHT
  4. 4.United Nations
  5. 5.Viv Ansanm
  6. 6.Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
  7. 7.Catholic Church
  8. 8.Gran Grif
  9. 9.Human Rights Watch
  10. 10.Ti Makak
  11. 11.Haiti National Police
  12. 12.Multinational Security Support Mission

persons

  1. 1.Monel "Mikano" Felix
  2. 2.Volker TürkAT
  3. 3.Pierre Esperance
  4. 4.Diego Da Rin
  5. 5.Ariel Henry
  6. 6.Romain Le Cour Grandmaison
  7. 7.António GuterresPT
  8. 8.Jovenel Moise
  9. 9.Nathalye Cotrino
  10. 10.Sharon Braithwaite

technicals

  1. 1.Vodou
  2. 2.Multinational Security Support
  3. 3.Caribbean Sea
Massacre in Haiti's Citè Soleil leaves over 110 elderly people dead over alleged witchcraft