UN Troops Raid Haiti Slums
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers raided Haiti’s largest slum Friday to arrest gang members and take control of the area – sparking a gun battle that wounded at least two soldiers, the top U.N. commander said.
More than 500 blue-helmeted troops in armored vehicles entered the seaside slum of Cite Soleil before dawn and tried to seize several abandoned buildings that had been used by gangs to stage attacks, said Major General Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Cruz, the Brazilian commander of the 9,000-strong international force.
General Dos Santos said gang members fired thousands of rounds at peacekeepers, injuring two. It was not immediately clear if there were casualties among gang members or civilians in the densely populated slum of 300,000 people.
