Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his private residence by yet to be identified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph, said on Wednesday, July 7, 2021.
“At about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of unknown individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish, attacked the president’s private residence and lethally wounded the Head of State,’’ Joseph said in a statement.
Joseph said that the First Lady also suffered bullet injuries adding that he was now in charge of the Country
The prime minister condemned this “disgusting, inhumane and barbaric’’ attack and called for calm.
Condemning the “inhumane and barbaric act”, Joseph called for calm, saying the police and the Country’s armed forces had taken control of the security situation.
