Haiti gears up for elections amid reports of violence

Haitians queue for electoral identification cards the day before the country's presidential election on Sunday, November 28, 2010.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Candidates wound up a flurry of election campaigning before a midnight deadline Friday night amid reports of a violent attack on one of the candidates’ campaigns.

The campaign of flamboyant komba-singer-turned-presidential-candidate Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly issued a statement late Friday night, claiming he had survived an “assassination attempt” in the town of Les Cayes in southern Haiti.

“Many wounded, at least one dead,” the campaign said in a press release.

Haitian police officials have not responded to phone calls from CNN. A spokesman for the United Nations confirmed to CNN there had been a clash in Les Cayes late Friday night, though he could not say whether there were casualties involved.

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5 Comments

  1. mouth of the south
    November 27, 2010

    is dem tings dere that have me not feeling for haiti sometimes u know,,,but in a land of millions of people it may just be 50000 that causing them chaos there,,,,,,,now did i read a queue for electoral identification cards,,,,,way papa n d.a don’t have it,,,,,well i guess haiti has more free n fair elections than us mr p.m

    • One Love
      November 28, 2010

      :oops: You got that right . . . I’m so embarrassed imagine . . . “haiti has more free n fair elections than us mr p.m”

  2. Anonymous
    November 27, 2010

    :(

    • mouth of the south
      November 28, 2010

      i find some of allu abusing the emoticons wii pal,,,,u don’t put nothing jus an emoticon papa met,,,lol!!!!

  3. FAA
    November 27, 2010

    men leave these people alone………………

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