Haiti crisis: Mob burns suspected gang members to death [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

3 hours ago

By Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News

A group of 13 suspected gang members has been beaten and burned to death by a mob in Haiti's capital after being seized while police were searching their vehicle.

The suspects were reportedly beaten with gasoline-soaked tyres before being set alight in Port-au-Prince on Monday. Police say they confiscated weapons from them just before the incident.

They have not explained how members of the public got hold of the suspects.

Haiti has descended into increasing lawlessness since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. The United Nations said in a report published on Monday that insecurity in the capital has reached levels similar to countries at war.

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