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 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Gunfire erupted as Haitian police and U.N. peacekeepers moved into a slum stronghold of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Thursday, and at least one civilian was killed, residents said.
Residents said Haitian police, escorted by U.N. peacekeepers, charged into the Port-au-Prince slum of Bel Air and started chasing and beating residents. Automatic gunfire echoed for hours in the narrow streets as peacekeepers crouched behind walls.
Bel Air, always a hotspot for violence, erupted anew on Wednesday when police fired into protesters marching to the U.N. headquarters to press their demands for Aristide's return from exile in South Africa. At least five people were killed.
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