The Death Toll In A Gang Attack On A Small Haitian Town Rises To 115, A Local Official Says

The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The attack on residents of Pont-Sonde on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history.

Myriam Fievre, mayor of the nearby city of Saint-Marc, said Wednesday that the toll had risen to 115 and would likely keep rising because authorities are still looking for bodies and haven't been able to access certain areas of the town.

"We are working to make sure that the population is protected," she said in a phone interview.

The U.N. had previously said that at least 70 people were killed last week when the Gran Grif gang invaded the town in the central Artibonite region.