PORTAUPRINCE, HAITI: Soldiers beat and arrested Haitians leaving a Mass and fired into the air to stop a demonstration for Haiti’s exiled president, reported Sunday. There was no precise ‘count of those beaten or arrested Saturday night in Jeremie and no immediate comment from
State media or officials. The violence occurred after supporters of Jean Bertrand Aristide distributed photographs of the ousted, democratically elected president.
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