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One Haitian killed, 23 injured in stampede during police recruiting drive

Port-au-Prince, Haiti-AP _ The hope of opportunity has resulted in a fatal stampede in Haiti.

Job-seekers rushed a Haitian police academy recruiting drive, leaving one person dead and 23 injured.

Haiti's police commissioner says eight people were hospitalized.

Up to 15-thousand job hunters showed up yesterday, then crashed through the gates, past French guards.

Police fired tear gas and beat back applicants with batons, while U-S Marines used Humvees to block the academy entrance.

The commissioner says some riot squad officers had taken bribes Monday to allow would-be recruits through the gates.

The recruiting drive has now been postponed until Monday, when applicants will be divided alphabetically among three locations.

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