Fear stalks Haitians as their murdered president is buried and gangs terrorize the capital

As Haiti's elite lay their assassinated president to rest, many terrified residents in Port-au-Prince have far more pressing issues on their minds as gang violence brutalizes the capital.

Stories of abduction, lethal attack and indiscriminate destruction are endless in Haiti's seaside city of Port-au-Prince, where everyone seems to know someone who barely made it out alive -- and where many did not, in what rights organizations describe as a particularly dangerous year even before the assassination of former president Jovenel Moise drew the world's attention. Haiti's elite were congregating Friday in the historic northern port city of Cap-Haitien for Moise's funeral. Once he is laid to rest in his home region, expect political jockeying to recommence with vigor, with observers eager to see if the recent alliance between two rival prime ministers will hold; whether the interim government will finally hold elections as hoped for by the international community; and if Haiti's civil society coalition can finally unite to propose an alternative transitional government.