After the first of two deadly gang attacks this year, the Kenscoff community, like many other regions in the country, turned from peaceful living to being held to ransom. View of the hills from the road from Port-au-Prince to Kenscoff. Photo by Ketounette via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). In the heights of Pétion-Ville, more than 1,500 metres above sea level, sits the municipality of Kenscoff.