At least six people were injured by gunfire when government supporters clashed with riot police who were protecting a large march by the opposition in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday.

Gunfire erupted after the march, attended by tens of thousands of people, reached Delmas Ave, a main thoroughfare.

Heavily armed riot police rushed into the narrow side streets making at least two arrests and confiscating one weapon.

Francoise Brunaire, a 26-year old street vendor was shot in the leg as she tried to flee a volley of gunfire which appeared to come from the Haitian national television building.

March organisers kept control of the large crowd and prevented most from rushing off into the side streets looking for the gunmen.

The march continued at a fast pace with riot police urging the demonstrators to keep moving.

The anti-government marchers want the removal of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - or at least a date for free and fair elections.

The loose coalition of opposition groups claim there is no democracy in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

Protest marches have become an almost daily occurrence in Port Au Prince and other Haitian towns in past weeks. (AP)



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