Residents accuse Haitian police of killing two people in raid

[struggle4progress]

Updated at 23:49 on June 17, 2005, EST.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Police raided a district of the Haitian capital that is home to supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Friday, residents said, accusing the officials of killing two people.

About 12 police officers stormed Bel Air shortly after dawn, firing at several homes, residents said. The district is the site of frequent clashes between police, UN troops and pro-Aristide gunmen.

Angry residents, some armed, later burned a car in protest.

A 17-year-old girl was killed while running for cover inside her apartment, said Jude Pierre, 25, her neighbour. <snip>

http://www3.cjad.com/content/cp_article.asp?id=/global_feeds/CanadianPress/WorldNews/w061797A.htm


Police in Haiti continue the killing
by Haiti Information Project

Port au Prince, Haiti (HIP) - The Police Nationale d'Haiti (PNH) launched another bloody incursion into a poor neighborhood of Haiti's capital today. The U.N. refused to comment on the operation that reportedly led to the deaths of three people and four people wounded. <snip>

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/6_17_5/6_17_5.html