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Deadly gang attack leaves Haiti’s Kenscoff community reeling

The latest attack comes as Haiti prepares for general elections scheduled for December 13 — the country's first in more than a decade. Voter registration is underway, but experts have warned that widespread insecurity could make holding credible elections extremely difficult.

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00:00Wales filled the streets of Kenska for Monday as residents searched for loved
00:05ones following a deadly gang attack on the famine community in the hills above
00:11Aetis capital. Authorities said it was too early to establish a definitive death
00:17door because of difficulties accessing the area. When I heard the
00:25shooting I was at home and told everyone to wake up as I heard the shooting. We
00:31needed to move quickly and move out to a safe place. When we made it to a safe
00:36ground I called to see if everyone was safe. I called to find my brother his name
00:41is Jean Messie Dieu. I called his phone and could not get a hold of him. Survivors
00:49say the attack exposed the vulnerability of communities that have little
00:53protection from heavily armed gangs. We don't have good police. If only we had
01:00good police we would have been protected. We would have placed an armed shock here
01:05and what happened here would have been prevented. Gang control an estimated 70
01:12percent of Port-au-Prince according to UN figures while violence has displaced
01:17around 1.5 million people across Aetis.
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