U.N. Peacekeeper Shot to Death on Patrol
A United Nations peacekeeper in Haiti was shot to death while on patrol in a slum that has seen almost daily violence since the 2004 ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
The Jordanian soldier was on patrol in Cite Soleil when he was shot in the head Saturday, said Lt. Col. Fernando da Cunha Mattos, a U.N. military spokesman.
U.N. authorities declined to release further details. Haitian police refuse to enter Cite Soleil, which a battalion of 1,500 Jordanian peacekeepers in armored vehicles has pledged to reclaim from gangs.
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