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At Least 4 Wounded by Gunshots During Protest in Haiti

Associated Press

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - At least four people were shot and wounded
   during a small protest in Haiti's capital Monday after a speech by
   embattled President Jovenel Moise.

   Several hundred people were marching from the Delmas to Petionville
   neighborhoods when shots were fired from nearby.

   Associated Press journalists didn't see the source of the shooting, but
   saw a local journalist, a police officer and two protesters rushed away
   with apparent bullet wounds.

   No information was immediately available about the condition of the
   wounded people or their identities.

   Monday was the anniversary of a key battle of the Haitian Revolution,
   and earlier in the day Moise rejected calls to resign. The president
   said he would continue to try to negotiate with his opposition.

   Opponents say Moise should leave office over economic mismanagement and
   failure to investigate corruption.

   Leaders of the opposition including members of Haiti's Senate organized
   months of protests that have paralyzed the country but demonstrations
   have been slackening in recent days, with some sections of the capital
   returning to near-normal activity.

   Opposition members had called for mass marches Monday but they did not
   materialize.

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