London, March 21 : Singer Wyclef Jean was shot in Haiti while he was campaigning for a friend standing in its presidential election.

A bullet grazed Wyclef's hand when he stepped out of a car to make a phone call in the capital Port-au-Prince Saturday.

"I heard 'blow, blow, blow' and I looked down at my right hand," thesun. co. uk quoted Haiti-born singer as saying. Jean says he had no idea who fired the shots or which direction they came from.

He was rushed to a local hospital and was discharged after treatment. Jean was in his homeland to support the campaign by his musician pal Michel Martelly.(IANS)