Almost 200 massacred in Haiti as Vodou practitioners reportedly targeted

Killings overseen by ‘powerful gang leader’ convinced his son’s illness was caused by followers of the religion

About 200 people were killed in violence in Haiti’s capital over the weekend, many in a massacre in which a gang boss reportedly targeted Vodou practitioners.

The killings of at least 110 people were overseen by a “powerful gang leader” convinced that his son’s illness was caused by followers of the religion, according to the civil organisation the Committee for Peace and Development (CPD).

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