
President’s Assassination a “Hateful, Inhumane and Barbaric Act” : Haitian PM, Claude Joseph
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an assault on his private home at Port-au-Prince, the country's interim PM Claude Joseph said in an official statement on Wednesday, considering it a "hateful, inhumane and barbaric act"
“A group of unidentified individuals, some of them speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president of the republic and thus fatally wounded the head of state,” Joseph said.
Mr. Moïse's better half and the first lady of Haiti, Martine Moïse, was additionally shot in the assault. She was hospitalized following the overnight attack. Her condition was not quickly clear.
The country's security circumstance is heavily influenced by the National Police of Haiti and the Armed Forces of Haiti.
Moïse, who was 53, had been administering...
