Haiti: Security scare as Martelly attacked while walking

The attack on the president was the second since he was inaugurated last May. Two months later, protesters lobbed rocks and soda bottles at him and his entourage as they walked through a street in Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second largest city. Martelly wasn’t injured.

The public plaza where Martelly was attacked Friday has been home to nearly 20,000 people who were displaced by the 2010 earthquake.

The government and several aid groups began on Friday to relocate the residents through rental subsidies. The Canadian government is providing US$19.9 million over two years to finance the resettlement effort.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press

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