Haiti violence: Six dead after chaos erupts during nationwide protest

At least five agents of Haiti's BSAP, an armed environmental agency that in recent years has evolved into a paramilitary body, were killed in a shootout with national police in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday (February 7), the police trade union told reporters.

Haiti's national police did not immediately respond to a request for more details, or whether there had been any police casualties.

The clash follows days of protests across the country ahead of the Feb. 7 date by which current unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry had promised to step down by, and on which Haitian presidents are traditionally sworn into office.

A protester who preferred to remain unnamed told Reuters the BSAP agents were defending protesters from the police.

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