Stampede at Haitian mountaintop fortress kills at least 25 people and injures dozens

A stampede at a mountaintop fortress popular with tourists in northern Haiti has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens of others, authorities said, revising an earlier, higher number of fatalities.

Municipal authorities in the city of Cap-Haïtien, in a statement, said that Saturday’s (April 11, 2026) stampede in Milot “resulted in numerous cases of asphyxiation, trampling and loss of consciousness.” Authorities said dozens of people who attended traditional festivities at the historical site were taken to hospitals while many others were reported missing.