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Haiti - Security : Attack against a Customs patrol, two wounded
24/02/2016 10:02:48

Haiti - Security : Attack against a Customs patrol, two wounded
Sunday morning a group of heavily armed individuals, which came according to the testimony of the Commune of Belladère, attacked a Customs patrol assigned to smuggling surveillance service, which was traveling in a Nissan Patrol of the General Administration of Customs, on the road Mirebalais / Lascahobas.

Given the number of attackers and their superior weaponry, the 5 customs officers and two agents of the Operation Brigade and Departmental Intervention (BOID) who accompanied them, abandoned their vehicle to save their lives. During the brief clash shots were exchanged, a stray bullet slightly wounded in the leg a resident woman, while one of the two officers of BOID was seriously wounded by a machete and rushed to the Hospital of Mirebalais.

According to Commissioner Ovilmar Sagesse of the Central Department, the reasons for the attack are so far unknown, but it could be a diversionary tactic that allowed the passage of trucks of smuggled goods, or intimidation, the patrol being responsible for surveillance of smuggling.

BOID agents were deployed in the city in search of those responsible for the attack.

PI/ HaitiLibre

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