Police in Haiti say they are still investigating the circumstances which led to the killing of three young, suspected thieves.
The three were killed last weekend by groups of angry people who hung one and burned two in burning tires.
Two bodies were found charred and limbs tied in the district of San, in La Plaine (north of Port-au-Prince). A third body was found in roughly the same condition on Route National 2 (south of the capital).
“Regarding the incident in Santo, there were three motorcycle thieves that were chased by an angry mob. We caught one, but two others were beaten with stones and iron bars by a crowd that then began to burn the bodies,” said a police officer contacted by phone by the AFP.
Police could not provide an explanation about the third person found dead with hands tied and the body hung on Route National 2.
