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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Haiti's culture ministry dismisses 2 officials after stampede that killed 25

Haiti Stampede - (Copyright 2008. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Two state officials in Haiti were dismissed from their posts on Tuesday following a stampede at a mountaintop fortress that killed 25 people over the weekend.

The Ministry of Culture and Communication said in a statement that it fired a director with Haiti’s Institute for the Preservation of National Heritage, accusing him of “serious negligence.” Also dismissed was a director with the ministry, which officials accused of “biased passivity.”

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