VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION IN L'ESTERE
(Haiti Libre) -
Monday morning, protesters blocked Rte. National # 1 at the town of l'Estère and at the neighboring community, Pont-sondé. The people protested against the severe rationing of electricity in l'Estère; demanding a better distribution of the electricity.
Exchanges of gunfire occurred between demonstrators and the police force when they intervened to try to restore order. During this confrontation one person was killed and another injured according to witnesses. This was unconfirmed by official sources.
Furious protesters, having accused the police officers of shooting into the crowd; invading and looting the police station, causing the police officers and the detainees at the police station to flee.
In Port-au-Prince, Frantz Lerebours, spokesman for the National Police indicated that armed individuals were among the demonstrators, but that the situation had returned to normal after the intervention of the National Police and agents of the Departmental Unit for the Maintenance of Order (UDMO) .
Alexis Fortunat, the Mayor of the city, feared further violence since the claims of citizens are still not satisfied.
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