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Protesters clash with police in Haiti as death toll rises

Protesters clash with police in Haiti as death toll rises | iNFOnews.ca
Police disperse the crowd with tear gas, away from the site where a car that careened out of control hit a group of persons in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. According to the police the car, that was set alight by protesters, lost a wheel when it lost control and killed six persons on the street. The deaths come as Haiti faces a fourth day of protests to demand that President Jovenel Moise resign for not investigating allegations of corruption in the previous government over Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan subsidized energy program. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Thousands of demonstrators are clashing with police in Haiti’s capital and demanding the ouster of President Jovenel Moise amid the sixth day of protests.

Police on Friday fired tear gas at the crowd as people threw rocks, tried to loot stores and broke car windows in Port-au-Prince. One group hurled Molotov cocktails at a gas station, but the flames were quickly extinguished.

At least 11 people have died in protests, including a man whose body was burning near a street barricade Friday morning. Another six people were killed Wednesday when a government car lost control.

Schools and most government offices remain closed.

Protesters accuse Moise of not investigating allegations of corruption in the previous administration over a Venezuelan subsidized energy program. Moise has said he will not resign.

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