Haitian coup attempt put down

Tuesday, December 18, 2001

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A gang of gunmen seized Haiti's National Palace in a coup attempt Monday, killing four people before police retook the building. Three others, including one of the attackers, died as violence spread.

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