At least 4 wounded by gunshots during protest in Haiti
Posted November 18, 2019 4:33 pm.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Associated Press journalists have seen at least four people shot and wounded during a small protest in Haiti’s capital after a speech by embattled President Jovenel Moise.
Several hundred people were marching from the Delmas to Petionville neighbourhoods Monday afternoon when shots were fired from nearby.
AP journalists were unable to see the source of the shooting, but saw a local journalist, a police officer and two protesters rushed away with apparent bullet wounds.
Monday is the anniversary of a key battle of the Haitian Revolution, and earlier in the day Moise rejected calls to resign. The president said he would continue to try to negotiate with his opposition.
Opponents say Moise should leave office over economic mismanagement and failure to investigate corruption.
The Associated Press
