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Four persons injured in pro-Aristide demonstration
AT least four
persons were injured in a demonstration by
supporters of President Jean Bertrand Aristide when
the Haitian police fired on protestors demanding the
return of the deposed leader.
Various
journalists covering the demonstration confirmed
that shots were fired and other witnesses stated
that both the police and demonstrators exchanged
fire, according to Europa press.
“We have
treated four persons with bullet wounds. Apparently
other hospitals have taken in other injured people,”
said Frandoe Augustin Chartier, a doctor at the
Canapé Vert hospital in Port-au-Prince.
According to
witnesses, the exchange of shots began after the
Haitian police used tear gas to disperse the march.
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