Peaceful March Ends with Five Dead (Haiti)

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Port-au-Prince, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian police opened fire against a peaceful demonstration killing five of the protesters urging the release of supporters of toppled Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, compromising the coming general elections.

The headquarters of the UN Mission for Haiti (MINUSTAH) in this capital said the incident took place while the demonstrators were heading towards the mission. Witnesses said that in addition to the dead, there was an undetermined number of wounded from the shooting. <snip>

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B2804596E-857B-4D9E-8F9C-8552CA736BF2%7D&language=EN


Haitian Police Fire on Protesters

By Michael Weissenstein
The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police opened fire on a crowd of apparently peaceful protesters demanding the release of detainees loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and at least five people were killed, UN officials and witnesses said.

Wednesday's shooting came as the U.S. State Department has confirmed it plans to waive an arms embargo to allow sales of thousands of arms for the Haitian police, whom critics accuse of brutality, summary executions and persecution of pro-Aristide loyalists. <snip>

Witnesses said police drove up behind demonstrators Wednesday and shot into the crowd as it approached the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. <snip>

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/29/254.html

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