Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume
FEBRUARY 22, 2019 / 4:23 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Anthony Esposito
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police wary of renewed unrest after days of nationwide protests fired tear gas and rubber pellets on Friday to disperse about 200 protesters and mourners carrying the casket of a man killed last week in anti-government riots.
Police confronted the march near Haiti’s National Palace, scattering wailing relatives and chanting neighbours who left the casket on the ground next to a smouldering gas canister.
At least one man was hit in the arm and neck, where marble-sized welts swelled.
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Haiti’s main cities since Feb. 7, calling for President Jovenel Moise to step down to take responsibility for ballooning inflation, a weakening currency and allegations of misused funds from a Venezuelan oil subsidy scheme called PetroCaribe.
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