Haitian gunmen slaughter six people and injure 34

GUNMEN opened fire on an opposition rally in Haiti yesterday, killing at least six people, including a journalist, and wounding 34 more, as Haitians awaited the naming of a government.

US and French forces, helping police with security during Sunday’s demonstration, moved onto the lawn of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince.

“The Haitian National Police, as well as French forces and US marines, responded to gunshots by sending a quick reaction force,” said Staff Sergeant Timothy Edwards, a US military spokesman.