18170: (Hermantin)Miami-Herald-Aristide promises punishment in death (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Posted on Sat, Jan. 31, 2004

HAITI
Aristide promises punishment in death

>From Herald Wire Services

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Friday
promised punishment for a policeman whose tear gas canister killed a
government supporter during a demonstration.

Aristide partisan Lionel Victor, 29, was killed in front of the U.S.
Consulate in downtown Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. He was struck by a tear
gas canister that punctured his back and caused internal bleeding, according
to a physician who removed the canister from Victor's body.

Students calling for Aristide's resignation were burning a coffin in front
of the consulate when they were met by rock-throwing Aristide partisans.
Police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse both crowds.

''If the police have to use tear gas, they must shoot it into the air,''
Aristide said after meeting with Victor's wife, Islande Gelin, at the
National Palace. The officer ''will be punished,'' Aristide said.

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