President of Haiti assassinated at home, wife critically injured

eAdarsha.com Reporter
Jul 07, 2021
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Photo: Via official Facebook page of the Haiti prez.

Port-au-Prince: Haitian President Jovenel Moise (53) was shot dead at his home, Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement early on Wednesday. His wife, Martine has been hospitalized and is said to be as critically injured.

According to Aljazeera, he couple were attacked at 1 am local time and attackers were speaking Spanish lanhauge/

Moise has been ruling Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, by decree, after legislative elections due in 2018 were delayed. Disputes have been around on when his term ends.

Haiti’s constitutional referendum, which should have taken place in April but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be held on Sept. 26, the national electoral commission announced on June 28.