At least 70 people killed and 30 injured in Haiti gang attack
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Gang attack in Haiti killed at least 70 people, far exceeding initial official death counts.
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A human rights group reports at least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during a gang attack in Haiti's Artibonite region, far exceeding initial official death tolls. Police initially reported 16 dead and 10 injured, while civil protection authorities gave a preliminary estimate of 17 deaths and 19 wounded, suggesting a significant gap between on-the-ground reality and official counts. The attack, which targeted the farming region and is attributed to the Gran Grif gang, displaced nearly 6,000 people, compounding Haiti's existing humanitarian crisis. The dramatic revision underscores how gang violence continues to devastate Haiti's agricultural heartland and challenges the reliability of early government casualty figures. The violence reflects the persistent insecurity plaguing the country's breadbasket and the difficulty of obtaining accurate information from conflict zones.
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