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[EFerrari]

Haitian police shoot scavengers indiscriminately
January 26, 2010 - 5:29AM


Haitian police on Monday shot indiscriminately at scavengers and looters in Port-au-Prince, hitting two in the head as post-quake security deteriorated, an AFP photographer reported.

A group of police, pushed to keep control among a desperate population after the January 12 tremor which killed or injured many of their number and destroyed the city prison, opened fire on a warehouse from a building opposite.

An AFP photographer inside the scavengers' building said two men were hit in the head, one of whom received medical attention. Two others were lying prone on the floor, one lifeless. The other was treated for a serious head wound.

A Haitian man in the street outside said he saw police pistol whip a man.

http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/haitian-police-shoot-scavengers-indiscriminately-20100126-muu7.html