Gunmen Wearing Green Uniforms Attacked Police Station in Cayes
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As per Haitian National Police reports, the assailants ransacked the Les Cayes police station, stole guns and tortured police officers. When they tried to escape in a white van, it swerved off a road and tumbled into a ravine, killing three of the attackers. One of them was killed during a shootout with officers in the police station. Four attackers were captured. One of the captured attackers has told the local reporters that Guy Philippe was behind the attack. Guy Philippe is a former Tonton Macoutes leader, former suspended Haitian Police Chief, and a presidential candidate (Front for National Reconstruction, a guerrilla group) who helped the uprising against then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. Jean said, the police were caught off guard, but quickly grasped its control over the situation. It was not immediately confirmed whether the gunmen were truly demobilized soldiers.
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