Haiti: cholera epidemic spurs witch-hunt with deadly casualties
At least 15 people where killed over the past two weeks in Haiti. They didn’t die from the cholera epidemic or any other disease, at least not directly. All of them where lynched and their bodies burned in the Southwestern province of Grand’Anse after being accused of propagating cholera with black magic. Fear, ignorance and confusion over the fast-spreading cholera epidemic lay at the basis of this violent witch-hunt. In a little less than 6 weeks, more than 1.800 people have died from cholera and more than 84.000 people are currently infected. In the province of Grand’Anse the first case…
