Explainer: The hunt for Haitian president's assassins


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Bullet holes in the window of a presidential security car are seen in the parking lot of the residence of late President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7.

Moise's assassination has stoked fears of spiraling chaos in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.

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