PORT-AU-PRINCE – Six people died when United Nations peacekeeping troops raided a Port-au-Prince slum on Wednesday in search of gunmen, UN officials said.
A spokesman for the Brazilian peacekeepers, Col. Jorge Smicelato, said six presumed bandits were killed in the raid, which was intended to quell violence in the troubled Bel-Air slum.No UN troops were hurt.A woman who had been kidnapped was freed when her abductors fled during the action from the house where she was being held, he said.Haiti has been plagued by political and gang violence since then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February 2004, following a bloody rebellion.The poor Caribbean nation has recently endured a spate of kidnappings for ransom.- Nampa-ReutersJorge Smicelato, said six presumed bandits were killed in the raid, which was intended to quell violence in the troubled Bel-Air slum.No UN troops were hurt.A woman who had been kidnapped was freed when her abductors fled during the action from the house where she was being held, he said.Haiti has been plagued by political and gang violence since then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February 2004, following a bloody rebellion.The poor Caribbean nation has recently endured a spate of kidnappings for ransom.- Nampa-Reuters
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