Dozens Massacred in Haiti, Officials Say, Heightening Fears of Gangs

Gangs targeted a key community on the outskirts of the capital, raising fears about the gangs’ next move. The mayor said at least 25 people had been killed, but the U.N. put the death toll at 47. By Frances Robles and André Paultre Dozens of people were killed this week in a massacre in a hilly, long-safe Haitian town, raising fears that gangs could encroach on a nearby suburb of the capital that is considered a last bastion of peace, the authorities and human rights activists said. The United Nations said that gangs killed at least 47 people over several hours on Sunday night into Monday morning in Kenscoff, a once-bucolic area just south of Pétion-Ville, an upper-class suburb of Haiti’s capital. The victims included 22 people who were executed at a church where they had sought safety, the U.N. spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said.

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