Many people were severely injured in the attack in the early hours of Thursday at Pont-Sonde, in the agricultural region of Artibonite. Gran Grif gang leader Luckson Elan took responsibility for the massacre, saying it was in retaliation for civilians remaining passive while police and vigilante groups killed his soldiers.
The gang members reportedly set fire to dozens of homes and vehicles in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years in the embattled Caribbean nation that has seen many massacres and little justice for their victims.
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