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Haiti’s Communications Secretary says police have arrested the “presumed assassins” of President Jovenel Moïse.

Frantz Exantus did not provide further details about Wednesday’s slaying of Moïse and the wounding of his wife, or say how many suspects had been arrested.

The killing is sure to bring more chaos to the unstable Caribbean country already beset by gang violence, soaring inflation and protests by opposition supporters who accused Moïse of increasing authoritarianism.

Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said the police and military were in control of security.

The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has a history of dictatorship and political upheaval. The streets of Port-au-Prince were empty and quiet. In an interview with The Associated Press, Joseph called for an international investigation into the assassination, said elections set for later this year should be held, and pledged to work with Moïse’s allies and opponents.

AP

UPDATED

Four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise were fatally shot by police, and two others were arrested, AP reported citing Haiti Police Chief Léon Charles. Three police officers who had been held hostage were freed in the incident, AP said.

Haiti’s Communications Secretary Frantz Exantus said police had arrested Moise’s “presumed assassins” in an upscale neighborhood of Petionville, a suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince, AP previously reported.

Bloomberg

The hunt for the armed assassins who killed Haiti President Jovenel Moise and wounded his wife Martine in their home had continued on Wednesday.

A short clip of a video purporting to show armed men in pick-up trucks at the President’s home in the aftermath of the attack was posted on social media but could not be immediately verified.

Neighbouring Dominican Republic closed its land border with Haiti after the attack and Haiti officials asked for international help to search for assailants who may have escaped by sea.
Authorities declared a “state of siege” in the country and closed the international airport.

Haiti first lady Martine Moise, who was wounded in the attack, was flown out of the country on Wednesday afternoon and her air ambulance has landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to a Miami Herald report.

She is said to be in a stable but critical condition.

Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack on the 53-year-old Moïse “was carried out by foreign mercenaries and professional killers — well-orchestrated,” and that they were masquerading as agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA has an office in the Haitian capital to assist the government in counternarcotics programs, according to the U.S. Embassy.

It appears to be a heavily-financed operation.

Moise was said to have a long list of enemies who wanted him gone as he was no friends with the State Department & some foreign powers.

Interim PM, Joseph said the heavily armed gunmen spoke Spanish and English, but gave no further details.

The last time a Haitian President was assassinated in Office was in 1915, in which the US took control until 1934.

There is a bit of confusion in the leadership, as Claude Joseph, a longtime ally of Moise's, had been Prime Minister for about three months.

However, the late President had announced Charles Henry, days before his death as replacement. His swearing-in was expected to be next week.

The few options, amongst others is the Haiti Supreme Court, however, the Chief Justice died on June 23 due to COVID-19.

Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, seems to be the chosen one.

Death is not our portion

[quote author=HonNL post=103481040]The last time a Haitian President was assassinated in Office was in 1915, in which the US took control until 1934.



Who ask you
Na you post, na still yu 1st comment
Haba

In house job...

How the mess could a president be assassinated?

A whole president?

Mrdecent:
A whole president?

Haiti is 8 world country , a country that Nigeria is far better than . So it's possible .

Amateur assassins...

And one other person laidat is still there oo....

All this African countries that travelled abroad...

Still bahaving like Una brothers here..
U can take the boy out of Africa but u can't take Africa out of him

Presumed? Okay o

Make they no go arrest 'innoccent people' just because they need to have suspects in custody by fire by force

Perpetrators of crimes never go Scot-free yet they keep commiting it

chai

You must pay for ur crime...





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had it been it's ZOOGERIA now you'll see police parading the suspects with poorly written placards infront of camera even when court has not declared they're giulty


Some haters will be checking name now to know if any southerner is involved

He was drunked with power, else he would have given up before now....... let him go and dominate in the grave now........

Haiti have been bedeviled with one problem or another from time immemorial, if not natural it will be man made, las las they will be alright.

Almost misleading is misleading. The real story is the so called suspects have been killed. And the real question is why kill them when you are yet to retrieve information about their sponsor? And the answer is, it is just a cover up, to a high profile political assassination.

They should come to aso rock so we can confirm something

S

Presumed?

I still want to believe this so called assisnation on a whole president is a plan work by some people who are tired of him....

How would a president be assassinated just like every other normal people without security attached to them....

US needs to help them investigate more on the matter.

Same way the criminal Sunday igboho will be arrested....

I used to be interested in Haiti affairs but stopped being interested when I saw how disorganized they were. I wish them best of luck.

Nigerians should hire them asap we need their services here not just the head to the down we need to start afresh. The wife nipple is showing despite her wearing a suit wonders dey say

This Haiti has suffered a lot...

These are countries you will see and still thank God for being a Nigerian.

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We have a job for these guys down here in Nigeria. Can they do an exact replay?

This is how to treat a president that does not have the best interest of the masses in his heart. But when can this happen in this animal farm?