Terrifying: Two journalists were burned alive by gangs in Haiti

Two journalists from Haiti were burned alive by a gang in the country's capital on Thursday, a source from the Haitian Security Forces told CNN.

The source said the Ti Makak gang carried out the murders in the Port-au-Prince district. The motive and details of the attack remain unclear, the source said.

A third journalist managed to escape, the source added.

Haiti Media Radio Écoute FM confirmed that one of its journalists, John Wesley Amate, was killed in the attack while he was on duty recording the lack of security in the area.

Radio Écoute FM has suspended operations until second announcement “in a sign of solidarity with the victim's family”, CNN reportedly writes.

The attacks come in the background of extreme violence and worsening security conditions in Port-au-Prince, with rival groups fighting each other or police for street control, moving tens of thousands of people to one of America's poorest countries.

In July last year, Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence, leaving a power vacuum that deepened riots by violence, Haiti's growing humanitarian crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.