Toro stands firm on Haiti shooting story
Bourque, 57, and a colleague were driving through the gang-controlled district called Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital when they came under fire from gunmen Dec. 20. Their vehicle came to a stop and a Jordanian armoured vehicle drove up in an apparent attempt to block the gunfire.
Bourque was shot in the leg and bleeding profusely. He died later from massive loss of blood, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti - known by its French acronym MINUSTAH - said Wednesday in a news release.
MINUSTAH also said the Jordanian peacekeepers provided first aid to Bourque at the scene and later used an armoured vehicle to move him to a hospital, adding the entire episode occurred within 40 minutes.
The Toro article "questions why the Jordanian soldiers at the scene when the kidnapping attempt occurred didn't do more to get Bourque to a hospital sooner," the magazine said in a statement. The medical help that the UN said was provided at the scene was "of secondary consequence, " Toro said.
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