Swedish tourist killed by gunmen in Haiti capital

A Swedish tourist was fatally shot while walking with his girlfriend in a major commercial district amid what authorities are describing as a rise in violent incidents in Haiti's capital.

On Monday, Sweden's honorary consul general in Haiti, Gregoire Fouchard, identified the man as Johan Noren. The vacationer was shot in the chest on Saturday evening during an apparent robbery on a well-travelled street in Petionville.

Noren's Swedish girlfriend was "beaten badly" by the gun-wielding assailants but is recovering, Fouchard said.

The Swedish couple had missed a bus and were walking back to a hotel they had just checked out of when they were attacked, Fouchard said. Their hometowns in Sweden were not released.