18 shot dead in Haiti
2005-02-26 10:08
Port-Au-Prince - 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 on Thursday by armed individuals in the Eternal City slum neighbourhood 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.
Five people, believed to be supporters of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide, were also killed in exchanges of fire with police in the poor district of Saline, the source said.
- AFP