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In Haiti near the US Embassy, shooting occurred
The shooting incident occurred on Monday near the US Embassy in Haiti. This is stated in the report of the Consular issues of the State Department of the United States, published on his official page on the social network Twitter.
“Haiti: shooting from firearms is conducted from the rear entrance to the embassy,” the report said. “The order to hide in the shelters is valid on the territory of the embassy. If you go to the embassy, find a safe place to hide.”
Later, the bureau added that the situation was normalized.
The authorities of the Caribbean have not yet responded to a message about the incident. There is no information about the detention of those involved in shooting, reports TASS.
The criminogenic situation in the poorest state of the Western hemisphere Haiti worsened significantly after mass protests began in February in the republic with the requirements of the resignation of President Zhovenel Moiz. On February 14, the first clashes of the protesters and the police occurred in Port-O-Prens. According to the Mezhamerikan Commission on Human Rights in the Organization of American States, 26 people were killed in total from the beginning of the protest, another 77 were injured.