{"id":522440,"date":"2026-08-25T10:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522440"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:53:23","slug":"video-residents-of-kenscoff-protest-after-deadly-gang-attack-leaves-dozens-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-residents-of-kenscoff-protest-after-deadly-gang-attack-leaves-dozens-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Residents of Kenscoff protest after deadly gang attack leaves dozens dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of <strong>Kenscoff, Haiti, took to the streets to protest the lack of security<\/strong> following the armed attack carried out on the night of August 23, which left dozens of people dead and sparked renewed outrage against the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration came after armed groups raided the community, including a <strong>church being used as a shelter for displaced people who had already fled violence elsewhere<\/strong>. Kenscoff Mayor Massillon Jean said around 40 bodies had been counted, while the United Nations later reported <strong>47 deaths and 22 injuries<\/strong>, warning that the figures could change as searches continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents accused authorities of failing to protect them and called for the <strong>resignation of the local police chief<\/strong>, arguing that the attack occurred close to a police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Haitian government condemned the attack and announced that reinforcements would be deployed to restore security in Kenscoff. The community has experienced repeated attacks by armed groups, forcing thousands of residents to flee their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest violence further deepens Haiti&#8217;s security and humanitarian crisis, with the United Nations estimating that <strong>nearly 1.5 million people are internally displaced<\/strong> across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Protestation des r\u00e9sidents  de Kenscoff apr\u00e8s l\u2019attaque des groupes arm\u00e9s contre la population survenue dans la nuit de 23 ao\u00fbt dernier.<br><br>\ud83c\udfa5 Loobensky Pierre<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MarcheLongueMedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarcheLongueMedia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmT20rXtFv\">pic.twitter.com\/RmT20rXtFv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MarcheLongueMedia (@MarcheLongue) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarcheLongue\/status\/2092198978402046262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Kenscoff, Haiti, took to the streets to protest the lack of security following the armed attack carried out on the night of August 23, which left dozens of people dead and sparked renewed outrage against the authorities. The demonstration came after armed groups raided the community, including a church being used as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bUs","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-25-at-10.03.37-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-25-at-10.03.37-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}