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Wyclef Jean Shot in Hand in Haiti

Treated for gunshot as Haiti goes to vote

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2011 8:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – As his country goes to vote for the presidential race he was barred from, it's oddly Wyclef Jean who's instead making news. The Haitian-born singer has been released from a hospital outside Port-au-Prince after he was shot in the hand last night, reports the AP. A rep for Jean, as well as his brother, both confirmed he had been shot but had no additional details. Click for more on today's election in Haiti.

Wyclef Jean, whose bid for president ended with an August disqualification, speaks during a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in this Nov. 29, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, File)

Wyclef Jean applauds during a debate between presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Mirlande Manigat at the Karibe Hotel Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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thezenhaitian

Mar 20, 2011 8:38 PM CDT

"A false report that Haitian-American hip hop star Wyclef Jean, who backs Martelly, had been shot in the hand on the eve of the vote generated a U.S. media frenzy. But Vanel Lacroix, police chief in Petionville where Jean is staying, said police had confirmed that he had suffered only a minor cut to his hand from glass in an apparent accident." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110320/ts_nm/us_haiti_election_4

thezenhaitian

Mar 20, 2011 6:39 PM CDT

The mainstream media is reporting that he was shot in the hand, but the Haitian media has expressed doubts because he hasn't allowed the Haitian police to investigate.

finkster

Mar 20, 2011 11:46 AM CDT

I guess the assassin thought Wyclef Jean doesn't have a brain in his head but why the hand?.... unless he thought masturbation is all Wyclef has on his mind.

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