UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus

[Judi Lynn]

UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 25, 2010 -- Updated 1859 GMT (0259 HKT)

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- The United Nations planned to issue an apology Tuesday for peacekeeping troops breaching a Port-au-Prince university during an anti-government protest that turned violent.

David Wimhurst, spokesman for the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, told CNN that U.N. troops fired rubber bullets and used pepper spray Monday to quell a demonstration by students angry at what they said was government inaction in the aftermath of the massive January 12 earthquake.

He said the apology was being issued to the University of Haiti for U.N. soldiers entering its grounds.

The protest later escalated and spilled over into the nearby Champs de Mars plaza, where thousands of homeless Haitians have been living in congested makeshift tents.

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