Cholera rages in rural Haiti

People suffering cholera symptoms receive treatment at a local hospital in Limbe village, near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP

A worker cleans next to a man suffering cholera symptoms in a local hospital in Limbe village, near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP

A woman with cholera symptoms waits for treatment at a public hospital in Limbe village near Cap Haitian, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP

A 16-month-old, suffering cholera symptoms, is held by her mother at a local hospital in Limbe near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP

A woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to a local hospital in Limbe village, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP

The body of Ana Luis Goerges, who died with cholera, is seen wrapped in a sheet as she is taken to the funerary from a local hospital in Limbe village, near Cap Haitien, Haiti. Terror over a fast-spreading cholera epidemic has triggered a violent witch-hunt in rural Haiti in which locals have murdered at least 12 neighbours on accusations they used "black magic" to infect people. The fast-killing infection is new to Haiti and there is widespread confusion and fear about the disease. In less than six weeks since the first-ever case was confirmed in the country's rural center, nearly 1 900 people have died and more than 84 000 been infected. Photo: AP