UN peacekeepers and Haitian police slightly injured in joint weekend operation
Working to create a secure environment in Haiti so that the country's constitutional process can unfold, United Nations peacekeepers and Haitian National Police have conducted a joint operation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, suffering minor injuries during the arrest of several dozen people there, a UN spokesman said today.
Working to create a secure environment in Haiti so that the country's constitutional process can unfold, United Nations peacekeepers and Haitian National Police have conducted a joint operation in the capital, Port-au-Prince, suffering minor injuries during the arrest of several dozen people there, a UN spokesman said today.
During the five-hour operation on Saturday, 73 people were arrested, a Brazilian soldier was slightly injured and a member of the Haitian National Police was wounded, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at the daily press briefing.
In northern Gonaïves, an Argentine soldier was injured while clearing a roadblock. He and the wounded Haitian policeman were hospitalized in Port-au-Prince, Mr. Dujarric said.
The UN recently redeployed hundreds of troops to Gonaïves to help out with the humanitarian relief effort after Tropical Storm Jeanne wreaked havoc across the area.