Haiti Gang Kills 110 People Accused of Witchcraft

BBC News
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
12/09/24

Haiti Gang Kills 110 People Accused of Witchcraft

At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group.

The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after his son fell ill and subsequently died.

The gang leader reportedly consulted a voodoo priest who blamed elderly locals practicing “witchcraft” for the boy’s mystery illness.

The United Nations said the number of people killed in Haiti so far this year in spiraling