World IN BRIEF : HAITI : U.N. Police Officer From Benin Killed
From Times Wire Reports
Francois Denis Gbetie, 36, a U.N. police officer from Benin, became the first member of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti to be killed by hostile fire, the United Nations said. Gbetie was driving with another Beninese officer in Port-au-Prince when several gunmen opened fired on his vehicle. The slain officer’s colleague was unharmed. A suspect was arrested.
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