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Elder Lister
Around 180 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader by the name Monel "Mikano" Felix ordered the massacre in Cite Soleil - a densely populated slum in the capital Port-au-Prince - after his child became unwell and subsequently died. The gang leader reportedly consulted a voodoo priest who blamed elderly locals practising "witchcraft" for the boy's mystery illness.
At least 60 people were killed on Friday and 50 on Saturday in attacks involving machetes and knives, while all the victims were aged over 60, said the RNDDH. The total number killed increased to around 180 on Monday, following a statement from the Haitian prime minister's office.
"A red line has been crossed," it said, adding it would "mobilise all forces to track down and annihilate" those responsible, including Felix, whom it accused of planning the attack.