Haiti in mourning after Carnival accident kills 16

[World News]

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Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti was plunged into mourning and Carnival festivities were cancelled Tuesday after at least 16 people died when a high-voltage cable hit a parade float in the capital Port-au-Prince. "What happened is a tragedy," Prime Minister Evans Paul said. The group's star singer, who goes by the name "Fantom," was struck directly by the fallen cable and was in hospital, the website Haiti Press Network said. "Sharing in the grief of the families affected by this drama, the government has decided to suspend all carnival festivities across the country," his office said in a statement.

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