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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Etienne Côté-Paluck in Port-au-Prince and Tom Phillips

Haiti residents fear ‘fate is in God’s hands’ after gang commits worst mass killing in decades

Woman in bonnet and T-shirt cries in middle of dry field.
A neighbor cries during the funeral of Jean Louis Jeune Gracien, in Pont-Sondé, Haiti, on 8 October. Photograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP

The killers came under the cover of darkness, stealing across the Artibonite River on an abandoned bridge before marauding through this once-tranquil rural community with automatic rifles and knives.

“[They] were like headless chickens, shooting at anyone they saw,” said Louisseul François, a resident of the Haitian town of Pont-Sondé, who somehow survived the slaughter.

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