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| Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament | Haiti: photojournalist shot in face as senator opens fire outside parliament |
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| Two men including an Associated Press photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country’s parliament, amid chaotic scenes as the government attempts to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister. | Two men including an Associated Press photojournalist have been shot and injured by a Haitian senator who opened fire outside the country’s parliament, amid chaotic scenes as the government attempts to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister. |
| A bullet grazed Chery Dieu-Nalio, an AP photographer, in the face, but he was not seriously wounded. Dieu-Nalio and Leon Leblanc, a security guard and driver, were taken to hospital after the incident in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. | A bullet grazed Chery Dieu-Nalio, an AP photographer, in the face, but he was not seriously wounded. Dieu-Nalio and Leon Leblanc, a security guard and driver, were taken to hospital after the incident in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. |
| Before they left, Leblanc told reporters he had seen Jean Marie Ralph Féthière, a senator from the north of the country, draw a handgun as he tried to leave the parliamentary precincts through a crowd of protesters. | Before they left, Leblanc told reporters he had seen Jean Marie Ralph Féthière, a senator from the north of the country, draw a handgun as he tried to leave the parliamentary precincts through a crowd of protesters. |
| Another senator, Patrice Dumont, said Féthière warned the crowd he would shoot if they did not let him leave. He said the woundings were not intentional. | Another senator, Patrice Dumont, said Féthière warned the crowd he would shoot if they did not let him leave. He said the woundings were not intentional. |
| Ghosts of tyrants past stalk proud Haiti as it slides towards the brink | Ghosts of tyrants past stalk proud Haiti as it slides towards the brink |
| The incident came as the Haitian senate attempted to meet for the second time in two days to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister, Fritz-William Michel. | The incident came as the Haitian senate attempted to meet for the second time in two days to confirm the appointment of a new prime minister, Fritz-William Michel. |
| President Jovenel Moïse is attempting to force through the appointment so he can leave the country to speak at the UN this week. His departure has already been delayed since Sunday. | President Jovenel Moïse is attempting to force through the appointment so he can leave the country to speak at the UN this week. His departure has already been delayed since Sunday. |
| Haiti has been convulsed for a week by demonstrations against Moïse and the government, strengthened by fury at a serious fuel shortage and the rising cost of living. | |
| Michel’s nomination has already caused violence in the parliament, with politicians hitting each other with chairs and fists in the national assembly. | |
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