At least 70 killed in bandit attack on Haitian village
A human rights group reports that at least 70 people were killed and approximately 30 injured during a recent massacre by armed bands targeting the Artibonite region, Haiti's breadbasket province; this figure significantly surpasses previous government estimates which cited only around sixteen fatalities for similar incidents occurring in late March.
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1A collective defending human rights organization reports at least 70 deaths and over 30 injuries resulting from an attack in Haiti's Artibonite region.
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2The death figure cited by the Collective Defending Human Rights group is significantly higher than official government estimates for this incident.
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At least 70 people were killed and at least another 30 injured in an attack on Monday morning near Jean-Philippe, a village north of Port-au-Prince. The toll is significantly higher than the official estimate.
— JapantodayThe reported death count from human rights groups far exceeds figures provided by Haitian authorities regarding this weekend's massacre in Haiti
— CBC | World NewsAt least 70 people were killed in an early Sunday attack on the Artibonite region's Jean-Denis area by members of Gran Grif gang armed forces supported international mission and a U.S. private military company, have intensified operations against gangs that control m /no_think