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PONT-SOND�, Haiti (AP) � The death toll in a brutal gang attack last
week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local
official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The attack on residents of Pont-Sond� on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history.
Myriam Fi�vre, mayor of the nearby city of Saint-Marc, said Wednesday
that the toll had risen to 115 and would likely keep rising because
authorities are still looking for bodies and haven�t been able to
access certain areas of the town.
�We are working to make sure that the population is protected,� she
said in a phone interview.
The U.N. had previously said that at least 70 people were killed last
week when the Gran Grif gang invaded the town in the central Artibonite
region.
Gang attack kills more than 100
A massacre last week in Haiti's Artibonite region by a gang has killed
more than 100 people including children, young mothers and the elderly.
The region of the capital has seen a surge in gang violence in recent
years.
The victims included babies, young mothers and the elderly, with the
gang approaching Pont-Sond� via canoes to catch residents by surprise, according to a local human rights group.
Survivors have questioned why authorities did not do anything to stop
the attack since the gang had warned in a video posted on social media
that it planned to target Pont-Sond�.
A day after the attack, officials replaced the police commissioner who
oversees the Artibonite region, which has seen a surge of gang violence
in recent years, with at least 20 criminal groups operating in the
area, according to the U.N.
More than 6,200 survivors have fled Pont-Sond� and temporarily settled
in the coastal city of Saint-Marc and surrounding areas.
https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gang-attack-pontsonde-gran-grif- 1a45faafb929a605f30af4efd8454aeb
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