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Judi Lynn

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Fri Jun 21, 2019, 10:52 PM Jun 2019

U.N. investigators say Haitian government condoned massacre that left dozens dead

Source: Miami Herald


BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
JUNE 21, 2019 07:19 PM, UPDATED 57 MINUTES AGO


A U.N. human-rights investigation into a November massacre in a poor Haiti slum is pointing the finger at the Haitian government and raising questions about the vetting of the country’s U.N.-trained police force.

The investigation into the two-day reign of terror in the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince confirmed that at least 26 people were killed, some by axes or machetes, most by gunshots, and their bodies taken away in wheelbarrows and dumped in parts unknown. Investigators said at least a dozen people remain unaccounted for.

The massacre, the U.N. said, “raises many concerns about human rights abuses against residents of La Saline and the alleged involvement of [Haiti National Police] agents and state officials.”

The victims ranged in age from 10 months to 72 years old, and there were at least two gang rapes, including that of a 17-year-old.


Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article231826588.html

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