At least 45 people have been killed in various parts of Haiti after being accused of using black magic to spread cholera.
Most of the attacks and killings took place on the south coast, where angry mobs hacked people with machetes, burned them and lynched them without trial.
The local police have not commented, although a police spokesman said at the start of last month that 12 people had been hacked to death with machetes after being accused of witchcraft and spreading cholera.
Fear and unrest spread after the cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,000 people and could infect more than 600,000 others, according to experts.
The United Nations set up a scientific panel to investigate the source of the deadly epidemic, as many Haitians suspect that UN peacekeepers brought it into the country.
More than half of Haiti's 9.6 million people practise some form of Vodou, a blend of West African religions and practices inspired by Christianity.
Haiti is still suffering from the effects of a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people and left a million and a half homeless.
Like
Love
Angry
Dislike
