Haiti Prime Minister Appeals for Calm After President Shot Dead
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Haitian interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph has appealed for calm after President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead overnight in an attack at his private residence.
In a statement Wednesday, Joseph said an unidentified group of people who attacked the president's private residence, located in a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, were responsible for the killing, which he called a “hateful, inhuman and barbaric act.” Joseph described the attackers as “foreigners” during an interview with a Port-au-Prince radio station Wednesday morning and said some group members spoke in Spanish. He also said Moïse’s wife, Martine, was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment. “The president’s wife is alive and is being treated,” Joseph confirmed to local radio station Magik 9.More Related News