World IN BRIEF : HAITI : 10 Killed, 14 Injured in Street Violence
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Rumors of a plot to free the jailed leader of a Jan. 6 coup attempt provoked street violence that left at least 10 people dead and 14 wounded, according to independent radio reports. The dead included four reputed agents of the ousted Duvalier family dictatorship lynched by a mob and six protesters shot by soldiers, the reports said. Government and military officials denied there had been an attempt to free coup leader Roger Lafontant and said he and his 15 alleged conspirators remained under heavy guard at National Penitentiary.
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