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10 dead in UN forces, gangs clashes in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Saturday (AFP) About 10 members of Haitian armed gangs were killed and nearly 20 others were wounded in violent clashes Friday with UN stabilization troops and Haitian police, according to UN officials. The clashes took place in Cite Soleil, a sprawling slum suburb of the Haitian capital known as a stronghold of supporters of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide. "The incidents occurred during a joint operation undertaken by the UN force together with Haitian police in order to restore security in the neighborhood," a UN officer told AFP. "Our force was met in the neighborhood with gunfire." Cite Soleil is home to about 350,000 people. Two Haitian police officers were wounded during the operation, which involved a Jordanian battalion deployed in the country as part of the UN mission and about 60 Haitian police officers. A UN soldier from the Philippines was shot in the head and killed in Cite Soleil on Thursday. The Filipino was the third UN soldier killed over a one-month period, after soldiers from Sri Lanka and Nepal were killed in March. |
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