Reply #13: 3 Haitians set on fire in Dominican Republic, trying to escape from Haiti [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Dominican Rep. promises probe of Haitians' deaths
25 Aug 2005 22:49:17 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Manuel Jimenez

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic government on Thursday condemned the murders of three Haitian immigrants set on fire and promised a full investigation after long-held mistrust between the Caribbean island neighbors erupted again in violence.

The three young Haitians died on Tuesday after a week in intensive care in a Santo Domingo hospital. According to 20-year-old Haitian Bernius Pierre, who said he escaped the torching, one of the attackers wore a police uniform and had a handgun.
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Pierre, speaking to a local newspaper through a translator, former Haitian Consul Edwin Paraison, said the attackers demanded money. They then tied them up, beat them, poured gasoline over them and set their victims on fire.

"I was saved by a miracle because they also had me tied up. But I managed to get free while they were trying to tie up another of the boys," he told El Nacional daily.
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