Two Haitian Journalists Burned Alive by Gang

• Two Haitian journalists burned alive by gang

EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the Haitian Security Forces (HSF), two Haitian journalists were slain by a gang who set them on fire and burnt them alive in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday.

The murder of the journalists, who were reporting the security situation in the country, including a recent failed assassination attempt on the President, was carried out by the ‘Ti Makak Gang’ in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, according to a statement released by the HSF on Friday.

The statement did not provide any information on the attack’s purpose or specifics, but it did identify one of the journalists as John Wesley Amady, a reporter with Haitian radio station Radio Écoute FM, while a third journalist managed to flee the scene.

Radio Écoute FM also confirmed that one of its journalists, Amady, was killed in the attack while he was on assignment documenting the lack of security in the area

“Amady was savagely shot and burned alive by armed bandits.

“We condemn with the utmost rigor this criminal and barbaric act,” Radio Écoute FM said in a statement, calling it a “serious attack on the right to life.”

The radio station has also suspended operations until further notice “as a sign of solidarity with the family of the victim,” the statement said.

The attacks came against the backdrop of extreme violence and deteriorating security conditions in Port-au-Prince, with rival gang groups battling one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest nations in the Americas.

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