Bloodshed continues in Haiti

raffic filled the streets yesterday in many parts of Port-au-Prince as calm returned a day after the four were found shot in the back of the head in Bel Air, a slum filled with Aristide followers that overlooks the National Palace.

But the continuing bloodshed is drawing international concern. Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally of Guyana said yesterday that due to the violence and allegations of political persecution, leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community should think twice about re-establishing ties with Haiti frozen since shortly after Aristide's February 29 ouster.

Caribbean leaders will have to "go back to the drawing board" when they meet in Trinidad next month, Insanally said. Even some countries that had voted to reintegrate Haiti into the 15-member bloc are "now concerned about the security situation... and the inability of the (interim government) to control what is happening," Insanally said.

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aiti's interim government has opened an investigation into accusations that police executed 13 people in a Port-au-Prince slum.

The killings allegedly took place Tuesday in the Fort National slum, a bastion of support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Arisitide.

Witnesses say men in police uniforms forced victims to lie on the ground and then shot them.

Police officials deny the accusations, suggesting the executions were carried out by armed gangs.

Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, has been wracked by clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. At least 75 people have been killed in the violence, which began in late September.

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