Haitian President Jovenel Moise was on Wednesday found assassinated at his private residence, according to the country’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph. First Lady Martine Moise was also shot and is currently receiving treatment, added Joseph. The interim prime minister said that police have been deployed to the National Palace and the upscale community of Pétionville. Haiti, a Caribbean nation of more than 11 million people, had grown unstable under Moise amid a constitutional crisis. Moise took the office a year after he was elected following a chaotic election that forced the appointment of a provisional President to serve during the year-long gap.

Source: Hindustan Times July 07, 2021 11:48 UTC