2 More Haiti Army Units Mutiny
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Soldiers from two more army units ousted their commanders today in a spreading revolt begun three days earlier when Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril seized power in a coup, radio stations reported.
After a night of gunfire and violence in the streets of this sprawling capital, noncommissioned officers and enlisted men of the downtown Fourth Company arrested their commander, Maj. Renaud Symbert, and deposited him unharmed in front of the downtown army headquarters, the radio stations said. The stations said gunfire was heard at the army compound in Mirebalais, about 25 miles northwest of the capital as soldiers mutinied against their commander, Lt. Simeon Francois. The lieutenant fled.
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