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   PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a brutal gang attack last   
   week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local   
   official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.   
      
   The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest   
   massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history.   
      
   Myriam Fièvre, mayor of the nearby city of Saint-Marc, said Wednesday   
   that the toll had risen to 115 and would likely keep rising because   
   authorities are still looking for bodies and haven’t been able to   
   access certain areas of the town.   
      
   “We are working to make sure that the population is protected,” she   
   said in a phone interview.   
      
   The U.N. had previously said that at least 70 people were killed last   
   week when the Gran Grif gang invaded the town in the central Artibonite   
   region.   
      
   Gang attack kills more than 100   
   A massacre last week in Haiti's Artibonite region by a gang has killed   
   more than 100 people including children, young mothers and the elderly.   
   The region of the capital has seen a surge in gang violence in recent   
   years.   
      
   The victims included babies, young mothers and the elderly, with the   
   gang approaching Pont-Sondé via canoes to catch residents by surprise,   
   according to a local human rights group.   
      
   Survivors have questioned why authorities did not do anything to stop   
   the attack since the gang had warned in a video posted on social media   
   that it planned to target Pont-Sondé.   
      
   A day after the attack, officials replaced the police commissioner who   
   oversees the Artibonite region, which has seen a surge of gang violence   
   in recent years, with at least 20 criminal groups operating in the   
   area, according to the U.N.   
      
   More than 6,200 survivors have fled Pont-Sondé and temporarily settled   
   in the coastal city of Saint-Marc and surrounding areas.   
      
   https://apnews.com/article/haiti-gang-attack-pontsonde-gran-grif-   
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