# ‘Shockwaves throughout the country’ after ‘gruesome’ killings in Haitian mountain retreat

https://mins.news/en/item/33342

- France 24, 2026-08-26 15:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/shockwaves-throughout-the-country-following-gruesome-killings-in-haitian-mountain-retreat

> Journalist Harold Isaac says Haiti is facing more than another outbreak of gang violence: the killings challenge state authority as the country tries to return to electoral politics. Armed groups control about 80 percent of Port-au-Prince, and the Kenscoff attack is particularly significant because it occurred near some of Haiti’s wealthiest areas, as authorities prepare the country’s first elections in a decade.

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