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Mourners file into a church in Haiti where gangs killed dozens of people in latest rampage

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 100 mourners attended funerals Wednesday inside a church where gangs recently executed more than 30 people in an attack that shook the troubled country. The funerals were held for two brothers and three of their cousins at a church in Kenscoff, nestled in the m…

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  1. CBN

    Christians Targeted in Haiti Massacre, at Least 47 People Killed, Church Burned (opens CBN)

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    Violent gang members in Port-au-Prince have massacred nearly 50 people — many of whom were Christians — and burned down a sanctuary of an evangelical church. They killed animals in the area as well.

  2. Christian Today

    Dozens killed in gang attack on church shelter in Haiti (opens Christian Today)

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    At least 47 people were killed and 22 others injured when gang members attacked a church sheltering displaced people just outside Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the United Nations.

  3. Aleteia

    Massacre in a church in Haiti: Pope prays for safety (opens Aleteia)

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    While Haiti is submerged in ongoing violence, a report of a particularly gruesome event has brought an appeal from Pope Leo. On August 23, some 150 gang members attacked a village that overlooks the capital Port-au-Prince.

  4. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Hundreds attend funeral in Haiti for 4 victims of brutal gang attack that killed 47 (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a church near Haiti’s capital for the funeral of four victims of a brutal gang attack

  5. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Gang violence victims mourned (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hundreds of people crowded into a church near Haiti's capital on Sunday for the funeral of four of the 47 people killed in a recent gang attack so brutal that it shook a country that has long struggled with violence.

  6. WTOP Washington DC

    Mourners file into a church in Haiti where gangs killed dozens of people in latest rampage (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 100 mourners attended funerals Wednesday inside a church where gangs recently executed more than 30 people in an attack that shook the troubled country. The funerals were held for two brothers and three of their cousins at a church in Kenscoff, nestled in the m…

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