Friday several dozen students supported by teachers, oming from a street demonstration nearby, broke into a building at 31 of the Babiole street which houses the "Research House" (Maison de la Recherche) of the State University of Haiti (UEH). Note that this structure of the UEH, sharing the room with a banquet and conference center, which were in operation at the time of the incident. In addition, the room is a private residence where the owner also lives with his family.

sing a heavy metal part, the attackers smashed the rear window of a car parked in the yard, and then the bay window that serves as the entrance to the Research House.

A patrol of the National Police of Haiti, quickly arrived at the scene, was able to avoid the worst by preventing the demonstrators to force their way into the building, shouting threats against the institution's leaders, including Fritz Deshommes the Rector of the UEH, whom they accuse of being a member of the Group of 184 (anti Aristide).

In a note "The Rector strongly condemns this aggression against the University and the private establishment. It asks the police and judicial authorities to identify and prosecute the perpetrators, co-perpetrators and sponsors of this savage act."

HL/ HaitiLibre