Rights group also reports at least 30 injured in Gran Grif raid on Artibonite farming region and almost 6,000 displaced
At least 70 people have been killed and 30 injured during an attack in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region, significantly more than official estimates, a human rights group has said.
Police initially reported 16 dead and 10 injured, while a preliminary report from civil protection authorities suggested 17 had died and 19 were wounded.
The Collective Defending Human Rights group, which reported the higher death toll, said the “massacre” on Sunday had forced nearly 6,000 people to flee their homes.
“The lack of a security response and the abandonment of Artibonite to armed groups demonstrate a complete abdication of responsibility by the authorities,” the group said.
