PORT-AU-PRINCE: Two people were killed as several hundred police and their supporters demonstrated in Haiti’s capital for better law enforcement salaries on Sunday, police said, while anti-government marchers also took to the streets.
The first victim was shot during a protest demanding that President Jovenel Moise step down. The man who opened fire on the crowd of marchers was beaten to death and then burned by demonstrators.
“An unidentified individual was shot dead,” the Haitian police said in a statement. “The angry crowd set fire to his attacker.”
With their faces hidden, several plainclothes police fired in the air near the anti-government protesters.
Several large bursts of gunfire from unidentified individuals were then heard right next to the area where protesters were marching.
(Agencies)
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