Police Break Up Protest in Haiti Capital
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Saturday to break up about 100 protesters who were singing hymns and demanding the resignation of Haiti’s interim government, radio reports said.
The demonstration was the second anti-government protest held in the capital in as many days.
About 100 protesters, most of them youths, were praying and singing hymns in front of the National Palace about 1 p.m. when police arrived and opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas, Communist Party spokesman Rene Theodore said on independent Radio Caraibes.
The demonstrators were demanding the resignation of the three-man interim junta led by army Gen. Henri Namphy because of what they called the ruling council’s failure to address hunger and unemployment in the Caribbean country.
State-run Radio Nationale confirmed Saturday’s incident and said no injuries were reported. Protests also were held in the provincial city of Gonaives.
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