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Yet another account recalls the brutal attack of his men onto him.
It says he was shot at twice and hit once.
Then his head was split open by a saber's blow, to finally be stabbed three times by a dagger.
" The Tyrant is killed " was exclaimed from the crowd.
The mob desecrated and disfigured his remains, which were abandoned on Government Square.
A monument at the northern entrance of the Haitian capital marks the place where the Emperor was killed.
After much resistance from the people to provide a proper burial, Défilée ( Dédée_Bazile ), a black woman from a humble background, took the mutilated body of the Emperor to bury him.
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