00:00Police in Haiti are scrambling to respond after armed men attacked Kenskoff, a once peaceful community near Port-au-Prince.
00:09At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped in one of the country's largest mass abductions in
00:16years.
00:17Now a gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities target his fighters.
00:26Gang leaders have killed many people in their homes. Entire families have lost their lives, right where they lived.
00:33In one instance, gang members locked people inside a house and set it on fire with them inside.
00:39There have also been numerous kidnappings in cases of people being held captive.
00:46Sunday's attack on Kenskoff shattered hopes that security in Haiti was improving.
00:51For 17-year-old Kenskoff, the violence was deeply personal. Gangs kidnapped his parents and six other family members.
01:00The bandits did a lot of damage. They killed a lot of young men in the area.
01:06The attack may be more than just violence. It could be a show of force aimed at Haiti's government and
01:12police ahead of December's elections, the first in more than a decade.
01:17Armed gangs already control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince as their grip expands across the country.
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