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1 killed, 2 wounded as police clash with Haitian workers

A protester throws a rock at a factory, during a march and protest by workers demanding a salary increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) FILE - A health worker gives a youth a shot of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 at Saint Damien Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. According to the Pan American Health Organization, after more than a year from the launch of the first COVID-19 vaccine, Haiti has only managed to vaccinate less than 1% of its population, becoming the one country in the Americas with the least access to the vaccines. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File) People are affected by tear gas fired by police trying to disperse a protest by factory workers demanding salary increases in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) CONFIRMS DEATH OF PHOTOJOURNALIST - Journalists carry photojournalist Maxihen Lazzare on to a truck after he was shot dead while covering a protest by factory workers demanding higher salaries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Men wearing police uniforms drove by the protest and fired into the crowd where Lazzare was covering the demonstration. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Factory workers march to demand a salary increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) CONFIRMS DEATH OF PHOTOJOURNALIST - Haitian photojournalist Maxihen Lazzare lies dead on the ground, after he was shot while covering a protest by factory workers demanding higher salaries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Men wearing police uniforms drove by the protest and fired into the crowd of protesters where Lazzare was covering the demonstration. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Factory workers protest to demand a salary increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) People stand around a man who was injured by gunfire during a protest by factory workers demanding higher salaries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Men wearing police uniforms fired into the group after thousands of factory workers launched a new strike to demand higher wages than those the prime minister announced earlier this week. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Protesters try to move a chunk of concrete to block a street during a protest by factory workers demanding salary increases in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A protester balances a rock on her head as a symbol of penance during a protest by factory workers demanding salary increases in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A masked person attends a protest by factory workers demanding salary increases in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Burning tires block a street where they were placed by factory workers protesting for salary increases in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. It is the first day of a three-day strike organized by factory workers who also shut down an industrial park earlier this month to protest pay. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)