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Haiti - FLASH : A Swedish tourist shot dead in Petion-ville
28/06/2016 09:20:11

Haiti - FLASH : A Swedish tourist shot dead in Petion-ville

Saturday evening a Swedish tourist, Johan Noren (37) on vacation with his wife for some days in Haiti, has been a victim of a fatal assault in Petion-ville.

Saturday evening a Swedish tourist, Johan Noren (37) on vacation with his wife for some days in Haiti, has been a victim of fatal assault in Petion-ville.

The incident occurred as the couple who missed the bus had decided to walk back to their hotel when they were attacked on the street Lambert at the Unibank in Pétion-Ville, by gunmen that have stripped them of their goods. During this attack, the companion of Johan Noren was severely beaten while Johan Noren was gunned down, including a fatal bullet in the chest. Rushed to the Clinique Dégand, e unfortunately died of his injuries, his wife is recovering.

For now, the police don't arrest any suspect related to the attack. Commissioner Frantz Lerebours, spokesman of the National Police, confirmed the murder of Swedish, but provided no further details.

Note that this aggression against a foreign intervenes only 3 days after an American student was wounded in Port-au-Prince, during a robbery assault https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17845-haiti-flash-an-american-student-shot-in-port-au-prince.html

SL/ HaitiLibre



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