A gang leader in Haiti who controls a key port in the country’s capital was accused of slaughtering the elderly and Vodou religious leaders in droves during a bloody campaign to avenge his son’s death over the weekend,

At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child's illness through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said on Sunday. All the victims were aged over 60, the rights group said.

Human rights organizations say the true number of dead isn't clear, but Haiti’s government said over 100 people were killed.

A Haitian gang leader ordered more than 110 people to be massacred for “witchcraft” after his child got sick and later died over the weekend, a human rights group reported. Monel “Mikano” Felix gave the order for the killings,

The massacre in Port-au-Prince comes two months after more than 70 people were killed in the town of Pont-Sondé, where gangs are vying to control more territory.

At least 110 elderly people were killed in the Wharf Jeremie sector of Cité Soleil, with machetes and knives, in a massacre that began Friday and continued

A coastal community in Haiti’s capital is reeling days after a gang leader was accused of killing more than 100 people to avenge his son’s death

The government says the country’s gangs crossed a “red line” in deadly attack after a gang leader reportedly blamed Voodoo adherents for his child’s illness.