PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – At least 16 people were killed and three injured in a night of fighting between armed groups in the south of Haiti’s capital, a United Nations official said.

The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) sent a battalion to the southern Port-au-Prince quarter of Martissant to help calm the situation, and the Haitian national police force also reported sending in its teams.

“While we are not excluding the possibility of other casualties, the military forces found the bodies of 16 victims, and three people wounded, on the spot,” MINUSTAH said in a statement.

It was not immediately clear whether the casualties included civilians or members of the rival gangs.
news.yahoo.com

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 9th, 2006 at 5:08 pm and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.