US Marines have killed two more gunmen after coming under fire in Haiti as US forces struggled to restore order in the tense Caribbean nation, US Marines said on Saturday.
The shooting, which took place Friday night after suspected supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide opened fired on Marines patrolling a slum near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince. On Saturday, Air Force General Richard Myers, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was due to pay a visit to troubled Haiti.
The Marines, leading a UN-sanctioned 2,550-member international peace force, have fought half a dozen battles since they landed here hours after the former president left the country on February 29, pushed out by month-long revolt and by US pressure to quit.
Friday night's shooting brought to six the number of Haitians killed by US forces since they arrived.
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