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U.N. mission in Haiti says three U.N. peacekeepers have
been injured in a clash with gangs in the capital,
Port-au-Prince. The latest violence comes a week after
gang violence claimed the lives of more than 20 people
in the city.
From our Miami
bureau, VOA's Lisa Ferdinando reports on the latest
developments.Three
UN Peacekeepers Injured in Clash in Haiti
U.N. troops in Haiti
exchanged gunfire with gang members early Thursday
morning.
A spokesman with the U.N.
stabilization mission in Haiti, Major Anibal Molero,
says the clash occurred as peacekeepers went to clear a
roadblock.
"The roadblock was
made with a school bus, which was tipped over," he
said. "As we approached, we were shot at by unknown
individuals. As self-defense, we shot back with the
precise force used against us."
The United Nations has
increased its patrols since gang violence late last week
in Port-au-Prince, in which more than 20 people were
killed and a number of others injured.
In an earlier interview
with VOA, the communications chief for the U.N.
stabilization mission in Haiti, David Wimhurst,
expressed deep concern about last week's deadly
violence, which came months after the election of Rene
Preval as president.
"This is a very
disturbing development, because it means the gangs are
now back in the business of violence, which they sort of
indicated they were going to stop doing, once the
president was elected," he said. "Also, they
are back in the business of kidnapping."
But one resident of
Port-au-Prince expressed dissatisfaction at the
Brazilian-commanded U.N. force in Haiti, saying that
Haiti does not need, in his words, the Brazilians to
continue shooting at them every day.
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