SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Haitian workers in Dominican Republic’s top tourist resort killed a man in a clash with local residents after a fellow worker was shot dead by a building foreman in a pay dispute, police said yesterday.
Police stepped up patrols in the east coast resort of Bavaro, Punta Cana, after the incident on Saturday in which the Haitians armed with sticks and stones clashed with locals, killing one and injuring another.
They were retaliating for the death earlier in the day of a Haitian construction worker who was shot and killed by a Dominican building site foreman who drew his pistol after the Haitian workers protested about their wages. The foreman fled.
Punta Cana, located 170 miles (275 km) east of the Dominican Republic capital Santo Domingo, is a popular Caribbean beach resort drawing large numbers of foreign tourists each year.
