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184 killed in Haiti capital violence over weekend: UN

Soldiers patrol a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec. 2, 2024. [VOA]

Close to 200 people were killed in brutal weekend violence in Haiti's capital, the United Nations said on Monday, with reports that a gang boss orchestrated the slaughter of voodoo practitioners.

The killings were overseen by a "powerful gang leader" convinced that his son's illness was caused by followers of the religion, according to civil organisation the Committee for Peace and Development (CPD).

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