{"id":522541,"date":"2026-08-26T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522541"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:28:02","slug":"video-gang-displays-high-caliber-weapons-after-deadly-attack-in-haiti-and-threatens-to-kill-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-gang-displays-high-caliber-weapons-after-deadly-attack-in-haiti-and-threatens-to-kill-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Gang displays high-caliber weapons after deadly attack in Haiti and threatens to kill hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A gang in Haiti displayed <strong>high-caliber weapons<\/strong> after a deadly attack in Kenscoff, near Port-au-Prince, that reportedly left dozens of people dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack took place Sunday night at a <strong>church inside a displacement camp<\/strong>, according to AFP, citing Kenscoff Mayor Massillon Jean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have counted around 40 bodies. Searches are continuing. Some people remain missing,\u201d Jean said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities are also reporting that <strong>more than 50 people were kidnapped and threatened with being killed<\/strong>, in what has been described as one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years.<\/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=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">Allo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pnh_officiel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pnh_officiel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/citoyendidier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@citoyendidier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mario_Andresol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mario_Andresol<\/a> tanpri epaye nou beny san ! Ayiti pakapab <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Haiti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Haiti<\/a> <br><br>Lanm\u00f2 100 Jou mete 6 dwoum zam dey\u00f2 pou li al netwaye <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SJtcU3OdZw\">pic.twitter.com\/SJtcU3OdZw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TOUJOULA (@toujoula) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toujoula\/status\/2092310539758190926?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>A gang in Haiti displayed high-caliber weapons after a deadly attack in Kenscoff, near Port-au-Prince, that reportedly left dozens of people dead. The attack took place Sunday night at a church inside a displacement camp, according to AFP, citing Kenscoff Mayor Massillon Jean. \u201cWe have counted around 40 bodies. Searches are continuing. Some people remain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522542,"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":[611,14669],"class_list":["post-522541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto","tag-haiti-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bW5","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/descarga-1.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\/descarga-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522541","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=522541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}