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Wyclef Jean shot in hand

Hip hop star Wyclef Jean has been shot in the hand just hours before the presidential election began in his native country, Haiti. 

Billboard.com reported that the ex-Fugees frontman was treated in hospital for a gunshot wound to the hand after 11pm local time in a city outside of Port-au-Prince yesterday, March 19, and the site also confirmed the news was officially released by Jean's spokesperson, Joe Mignon.

Other details of the shooting remain sketchy, but the star has been released from hospital.  

Watch the recent video Jean recorded in support of Michel Martelly, who is running for the Haiti presidency, here: