Police hunting a rebel leader stormed a compound used by Haiti's disbanded army Thursday, exchanging gunfire with defenders, officials said. A grade school girl was killed in the crossfire. Nearly 200 U.N. peacekeepers surrounded the compound as police firing assault rifles moved inside to arrest Remissainthe Ravix, a leader of the rebellion that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide last year, said Cmdr. Carlos Chagas Braga, a spokesman for the 7,500-member U.N. peacekeeping mission. He said that the U.N. troops did not fire any shots. Police accuse Ravix of killing four policemen Sunday, while the interim government has said he is wanted for directing attacks on several police stations in December. Ravix has denied the accusations. Police led two people away in handcuffs, but refused to say who they were. Braga said neither suspect was Ravix. |