Police look on as a crowd surrounds the Petionville Police station.
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The request was sent by the government to the US and the UN, but the US says it has no plans to offer military assistance at this time .
Haitian police earlier said a group of 28 foreign mercenaries killed the president on Wednesday.
After a gun battle in the capital Port-au-Prince, 17 of them were detained.
Some of the group, which Haiti says included retired Colombian soldiers, were held at the house they were using, others after entering Taiwan s diplomatic compound, the police said.
Three suspects were killed by police, and eight others are still being sought.
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