Tuesday at around noon at the Wharf of Les Cayes, when unloading a humanitarian aid ship, flying the flag Puerto Rican a teenage was shot dead.

"A Puerto Rican ship was being unloaded its cargo in the port but it went wrong at the dock and a teenager fell under the bullets," said the mayor of Les Cayes, Gabriel Fortuné, not being present at the scene at the time of the incident, the mayor could not provide information on the origin of the shot, saying only that an investigation will determine the responsibility...

According to testimony, the incident would have occurred shortly after the beginning of the unloading operation, while individuals have chanted slogans accusing sectors to divert humanitarian aid causing anger reactions in a large crowd came in the hope of receiving assistance. Apparently, still according to witnesses of Coast guard officers would have fired into the air to calm the crowd, causing intense panic and it is in this movement of crowd that the teenager was mortally wounded shot of undetermined origin.

However, according to the version of the Chief of Staff of the town of Les Cayes, Joseph Astrel, the incident allegedly occurred while PNH officers were trying to secure the ship, which was the subject of looting attempts of a furious crowd protesting for the slow unloading...

Following this tragic incident, the angry population started erecting barricades of burning tires in the city (Boulevard of 4 chemins, Gonbo Bridge, 1st grand rue etc...), National Road # 2 was blocked at Faugasse. Police officers were victims of stoning while other individuals, armed with machetes and firearms were reported in the process of attacking the residences of notable, including that of Mayor and of Departmental Delegate.

Recall that it was the second deadly incident at an unloading of humanitarian aid after that of Dame-Marie (Southwest) which made 3 injuries and one death https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19044-haiti-flash-an-aid-unloading-turns-to-tragedy-many-victims.html

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