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Haiti urged to stop cholera anti-voodoo lynchings
25/12 13:04 CET
The head of Haiti?s voodoo religion has called on authorities to act after dozens of priest lynchings.
At least 45 male and female voodoo priests have been murdered in recent weeks after being blamed for causing the Carribean country?s deadly Cholera outbreak. Most of the killings have taken place in the coastal town of Jeremie with victims often being hacked to death with machetes.
Max Beauvoir, the supreme leader of Haitian voodoo, who has criticised police for not doing enough to stop the killings, said:??We saw what happened in Jeremie. Certainly, immediately, everyone witnessed some holding machetes, cutting. About 45 people died in their hometown. We think that?s horrible and should never be tolerated. That?s why as voodoo practitioners we are rising against that and we will oppose it by any means necessary.??
Full text and video:
http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/25/haiti-urged-to-stop-cholera-anti-voodoo-lynchings/
25/12 13:04 CET
The head of Haiti?s voodoo religion has called on authorities to act after dozens of priest lynchings.
At least 45 male and female voodoo priests have been murdered in recent weeks after being blamed for causing the Carribean country?s deadly Cholera outbreak. Most of the killings have taken place in the coastal town of Jeremie with victims often being hacked to death with machetes.
Max Beauvoir, the supreme leader of Haitian voodoo, who has criticised police for not doing enough to stop the killings, said:??We saw what happened in Jeremie. Certainly, immediately, everyone witnessed some holding machetes, cutting. About 45 people died in their hometown. We think that?s horrible and should never be tolerated. That?s why as voodoo practitioners we are rising against that and we will oppose it by any means necessary.??
Full text and video:
http://www.euronews.net/2010/12/25/haiti-urged-to-stop-cholera-anti-voodoo-lynchings/