Police kill Haitian rebel leader
Ravix Remissainthe
Ravix was wanted in connection with the death of four policemen
Haitian police have killed a prominent rebel leader in a suburb of the
capital, Port-au-Prince.
Ravix Remissainthe was one of the key figures in a three-week uprising that
ousted former President Jean-Bernard Aristide, who fled Haiti last year.
Ravix was wanted by police in connection with the murder of four officers in
February and several other attacks on police stations.
Rival armed gangs are still out of control in the violence-ridden country.
UN civilian police spokesman Dan Moskaluk, who confirmed the death of the self-
styled leader former Haitian military personnel to the Associated Press news
agency, described it as the "elimination of a threat" to UN personnel and
Haitian police.
Remissainthe, a former sergeant, had been in conflict with law-enforcement
authorities over the re-establishment of the army, which was disbanded in 1994.
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