A neighbour cries during the Oct. 8 funeral of a man who was killed during an attack by armed gangs, in Pont-Sonde, Haiti.Photo by Odelyn Joseph/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Survivors flee site of Haitian gang attack that left 115 dead

The attack on residents of Pont-Sonde on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history

by · National Post

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-Sonde on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history.

Myriam Fievre, 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.