00:00Police in Haiti are scrambling to respond after armed men attacked Kenskoff, a once peaceful
00:07community near Port-au-Prince. At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped
00:12in one of the country's largest mass abductions in years. Now a gang leader is threatening
00:19to kill the hostages if authorities target his fighters.
00:26Gang leaders have killed many people in their homes. Entire families have lost their lives,
00:31right where they lived. In one instance, gang members locked people inside a house and set
00:37it on fire with them aside. There have also been numerous kidnappings in cases of people
00:42being held captive.
00:46Sunday's attack on Kenskoff shattered hopes that security in Haiti was improving, but
00:5217-year-old Kenskoff, the violence was deeply personal. Gangs kidnapped his parents and
00:57six 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
01:11government and police ahead of December's elections, the first in more than a decade. Armed gangs
01:18already control an estimated 70 percent of Port-au-Prince as their group expands across the country.
