KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 18, CMC – The police in the eastern parish of Portland have launched a probe into circumstances which resulted in the death of a Haitian man during a dispute in the community of Windsor Forest on Sunday night.
The police report that a dispute developed between two Haitian men outside a bar when one man punched the other in the face.
The man reportedly fell and hit the back of his head and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment.
It’s believed that the men are part of a group of Haitians who entered Jamaica illegally last year and have been hiding in the area.
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