Despite preliminary information from the Haitian National Police shared internally and reported by CNN and other media outlets that journalists – John Wesley Emadi and Vilgens Louis Saint – were burned alive, images of the corpses obtained by CNN on Friday Their bodies show no signs of being burnt.
One of the images shows a journalist with an apparent gunshot wound to his right temple.
The source confirmed that the bodies were not burned, adding that members of Haiti’s national police did not go to the crime scene on Thursday due to security concerns.
The source said that without adequate resources, the police were concerned that they might face serious threat from gangs operating in the area.
Haiti’s National Police declined to comment when asked whether their initial reports suggest journalists were burned alive or why they were unable to go to the crime scene themselves.
Amdy’s employer, Radio coute FM, also published a statement on Thursday alleging that his employee was burned alive.
The radio station acknowledged the error when reached for comment.
A spokesman for the station said, “We learned today that the bodies were found and were not burnt and we are deeply sorry for this misunderstanding.” He said the station had received wrong information from various sources, which led to the wrong statement.
The radio station said Amadi’s body had now been returned to the Haitian city of Les Case.
Amadi was on the job for a radio station documenting the deteriorating security situation in the area. The details of how and why the journalists were killed are unclear.
The attacks come against a backdrop of extreme violence and deteriorating security conditions in Port-au-Prince, with rival groups fighting each other or police for control of the streets, displacing thousands in one of America’s poorest countries. We do. ,
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