Violence erupted again yesterday in the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince as the decapitated bodies of three police were found, bringing the death toll to at least seven people in two days of protests by Haitians demanding the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Haitian rebels in nearly a dozen towns went on a rampage that has left at least 42 dead and prompted fears of a coup d’etat, in the strongest challenge yet to embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,