Assassination of Jovenel Moïse
Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, was fatally shot by a group of unknown armed men. It happened in Port-au-Prince at his private home on 7 July 2021 at 1 am EDT.[1][2][3] His wife, First Lady Martine, was wounded and she was hospitalized after the attack.[4][5]
| Assassination of Jovenel Moïse | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Jovenel Moïse in 2019 | |
| Location | Pèlerin 5, Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Date | 7 July 2021 1:00 am (EDT) |
| Target | Jovenel Moïse |
Attack type | Assassination by shooting |
| Weapons | AK 47-type assault rifles, grenades, drones |
| Deaths | Jovenel Moïse |
Injured | Martine Moïse |
| Perpetrators | A group of armed men |
Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph has said that he is in control of the country.[6][7]
Shooting and death of a President
changeMoïse was killed in the early hours of 7 July 2021, when unknown gunmen attacked his residence in Pèlerin 5, a district of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.[8] Martine, the First Lady of Haiti, was hospitalized from wounds she sustained during the attack.[9][10]
Neighbors of Moïse say they heard heavy machine gun fire shortly after the attack.[11] Video taken by residents living near the site of the attack has the voice of one man with an American accent, speaking in English, who claimed over a megaphone during the attack to be a member of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.[12]
Suspects
changeThose who orchestrated the assassination and their motives are unknown.[13] The gunmen accused of being those who killed Moïse were identified as 28 foreigners, of whom 26 were Colombians and two Haitain-Americans.[14]
References
change- ↑ Beaumont, Peter; Phillips, Tom (7 July 2021). "Haiti president Jovenel Moïse assassinated". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home". CNBC. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Le président Jovenel Moïse assassiné chez lui par un commando armé". Le Nouvelliste. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home, official says". euronews. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Dupain, Etant; Lemos, Gerardo; Kottasová, Ivana; Hu, Caitlin. "Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Dupain, Etant; McCluskey, Mitchell; Paget, Sharif; Picheta, Rob (8 February 2021). "Haitian opposition picks interim leader as row over President's term limit intensifies". CNN. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Porter, Catherine; Santora, Marc (7 July 2021). "After the killing of Haiti's president, the threat of further political violence escalates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haïti : le président Jovenel Moïse assassiné par un commando". Libération. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haïti : le président Jovenel Moïse assassiné". France 24. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haitian President Jovenel Moise assassinated overnight at private residence". France 24. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated overnight in his home by gunmen, says acting prime minister". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Charles, Jacqueline; Fils-Aimé, Johnny (7 July 2021). "Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ Porter, Catherine; Crowley, Michael; Méheut, Constant (7 July 2021). "Haiti's President Assassinated in Nighttime Raid, Shaking a Fragile Nation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Kitroeff, Natalie; Porter, Catherine; Crowley, Michael (9 July 2021). "Live Updates: Haitian Officials Request U.S. Forces". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
