New Delhi, July 2 -- Dozens of medical students organized a protest on Wednesday to demand that the government relocate and reopen one of Haiti's largest public hospitals, noting they need to train there to become doctors.

Donning white coats, the students marched peacefully from their university headquarters in downtown Port-au-Prince to the outskirts of the prime minister's office, where anti-riot police blocked the road to prevent them from advancing.

During the protest, an Associated Press journalist observed a uniformed policeman fire into the air to disperse the crowd as the car he was driving tried to get through. As he lowered his weapon, he fired it one more time, hitting a student in the arm.

"We are not armed!" the students ...