{"id":232131,"date":"2019-09-23T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=232131"},"modified":"2025-01-13T21:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T02:57:37","slug":"ap-photographer-wounded-as-senator-fires-gun-during-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/23\/ap-photographer-wounded-as-senator-fires-gun-during-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"AP photographer wounded as senator fires gun during protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_134481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134481\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gun-171309_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134481\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gun-171309_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gun-171309_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gun-171309_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gun-171309_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moments before the shooting, AP journalists saw supporters of about a half-dozen opposition senators approaching Fethiere, hurling dirt at him and accusing him of selling his vote in favour of Michel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti \u2014 An Associated Press photographer was wounded Monday in a shooting that erupted outside Haiti&#8217;s Senate when a senator from the governing party fired a pistol during a confrontation with opposition protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Dieu-Nalio Chery was hit in the jaw by what appeared to be a fragment of one of the bullets fired by Sen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy fildena online <a href=\"https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/fildena.html\">https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/fildena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Ralph Fethiere. Chery was treated and released from a Port-au-Prince hospital and was expected to undergo further treatment this week to remove the object from his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, he is expected to be OK. While it does not appear he was targeted, this is a reminder of the danger journalists around the world face every day while doing their jobs, even on a routine assignment,\u201d said Lauren Easton, AP&#8217;s global director of media relations and corporate communications.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cozaar online <a href=\"https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/cozaar.html\">https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/png\/cozaar.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A Senate security guard also suffered what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Senators were convening Monday to approve Fritz William Michel&#8217;s nomination as prime minister. Several hundred opposition supporters confronted Fethiere and other senators from the governing party. Fethiere pulled a pistol when protesters rushed at him and members of his entourage.<\/p>\n<p>Moments before the shooting, AP journalists saw supporters of about a half-dozen opposition senators approaching Fethiere, hurling dirt at him and accusing him of selling his vote in favour of Michel.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition is trying to block the formation of a new government as a way of pressuring President Jovenel Moise to leave office. They blame Moise for failure to address pervasive corruption and mismanaging the economy. The country is running low on fuel and inflation is spiraling, leading to widespread public discontent.<\/p>\n<p>Fethiere told Haitian radio station Signal FM that he opened fire because he feared for his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just self-defence,\u201d he said. \u201cArmed individuals tried to attack me &#8230; They tried to pull me out of my car and I had to defend myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vote to ratify Michel was cancelled, the second failed attempt to approve the president&#8217;s nominee after his approval by Haiti&#8217;s lower house.<\/p>\n<p>The capital was hit by a series of demonstrations and roadblocks Monday, leading to the latest in a string of near-complete shutdowns of Port-au-Prince that have further damaged the ailing economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti \u2014 An Associated Press photographer was wounded Monday in a shooting that erupted outside Haiti&#8217;s Senate when a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":134481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-evens-sanon","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283906,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232131\/revisions\/283906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}