Haitian violence leaves 18 dead

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February 26, 2005

AT least 18 people died in shootings on Thursday and Friday around Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, a police source said.

Thirteen people were killed late Thursday by armed individuals in the Eternal City slum neighborhood of the capital, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Some 20 others were wounded by gun shots, and three houses were torched, as armed individuals opened fire on youths who had set up a security brigade to fight crime in their area.

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1. Angry mob burn tyres, throw rocks at UN peacekeepers in Haiti

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050225T220000-0500_75830_OBS_ANGRY_MOB_BURN_TYRES__THROW_ROCKS_AT_UN_PEACEKEEPERS_IN_HAITI.asp

AP
Saturday, February 26, 2005

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Dozens of young men burned tyres and threw rocks at UN peacekeepers in a Port-au-Prince slum yesterday, accusing them of standing by while Haitian police shot dead at least two men whose bodies lay in the street. UN troops said they did not know how the men died.

Brazilian troops in jeeps and light artillery vehicles drove up and down a major street in Bel Air, a popular slum filled with supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, with M16s and rotating machine guns at the ready.

"No more UN! No more UN!" many screamed as they hurled rocks and then ran behind parked cars. UN vehicles stopped often but did not fire.