Haiti's security forces were battling a group of gunmen who assassinated the president in his home overnight and have so far killed four of the "mercenaries", a police chief saidFour suspected killers of Haiti's president Jovenel Moise have been shot dead by police and two others arrested, the country's police chief said. Haiti's security forces were battling a group of gunmen who assassinated the president in his home overnight and have so far killed four of the "mercenaries", police chief Leon Charles said on Wednesday night. The Haitian president was assassinated in front of his wife overnight at their private residence, according to a statement from the country's Prime Minister. The Haitian ambassador to the United States said the killers has posed as DEA agents to gain access. President Joe Biden called the killing "heinous," and the US government, Haiti's top aid donor, said it was ready to help investigate the killing.

Source: Daily Mirror July 08, 2021 01:11 UTC