Haitian police on Wednesday opened fire on demonstrators protesting for higher wages in the capital Port-au-Prince, leaving one reporter dead and at least two others wounded, according to witnesses and a hospital official, .
The demonstrators had been seeking a higher minimum wage than the one approved this week by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, when a passing police vehicle fired at them, according to a Reuters witness and a union leader present.
Lazzare Maxihen, who worked for Haitian media group Roi des Infos, was initially wounded and then died in the hospital, according to a hospital official who asked not to be identified.
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