The media workers were targeted by members of a rival crime group in a turbulent area outside Haiti’s capital
Two journalists were assassinated after interviewing a gang leader on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday as members of a rival criminal group opened fire on them.
Three journalists, working for online outlets and a radio station, arrived in the Laboule 12 area on the day for an interview with one of the local crime lords.
Shortly after the meeting had ended, they were attacked by a rival gang. Two journalists identified as Amady John Wesley and Wilkens Louissaint were shot dead, while their colleague was lucky to escape.
Banditisme : Deux journalistes tués à Laboule 12 https://t.co/6X6HXLT1ut
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The bandits then burned the bodies of their victims, according to reports in the local media.
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