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Eugene

(61,874 posts)
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 01:56 PM Jan 2022

Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack

Source: BBC

Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack

7 January 2022

Two Haitian journalists have been shot and then burned alive on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to one of their employers.

Wilguens Louissaint and Amady John Wesley had travelled to an area where rival gangs are fighting for control.

Mr Wesley's employer, Écoute FM, said he was "savagely" killed while reporting on the area.

The radio station told the BBC that one of the gangs was behind the deaths.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59910742

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Related: Bodies of slain Haitian journalists recovered, show no signs of being burned (CNN)

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Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2022 OP
Unbearable cruelty. Haiti continues to suffer without an end in sight. Judi Lynn Jan 2022 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. Unbearable cruelty. Haiti continues to suffer without an end in sight.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:00 PM
Jan 2022

Hope there actually might be something like "guardian angels" who wait in another dimension to help struggling sojourners as they are leaving this life. That's the only thing that could keep our lives from being unforgivable crimes against our helpless spirits. These two poor men need deep healing for their souls, if their consiousnesses have survived this living hell.



VICE NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JOHN WESLEY AMADY (L) WAS MURDERED THURSDAY IN HAITI ALONGSIDE HIS JOURNALIST COLLEAGUE WILGUENS LOUISSAINT (R) (PHOTOS VIA FACEBOOK)

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