According to police, four of the people suspected of assassinating Haiti’s President, Jovenel Moïse, were killed in a shootout with the security forces.
Two others were detained, however police are still in combat with some of the remaining suspects in the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
Police chief, Leon Charles, said, “They will be killed or captured”.
President Jovenel Moïse (53) was fatally shot and his wife was injured when attackers stormed their home early on Wednesday. The First Lady is reportedly in a stable but critical condition.
The police did not identify the suspects or their motives for the attack on President Jovenel Moïse but Interim Prime Minister, Claude Joseph, said that the attackers were ”foreigners who spoke English and Spanish”. Some reports spoke of men dressed in black, carrying high-powered weapons, who may have pretended to be part of a US drug enforcement operation. Although no official details were given.
Interim Prime Minister, Claude Joseph, has declared a nationwide state of emergency. This state of emergency or “state of siege” allows for the banning of gatherings and use of the military for police roles, along with other extensions of executive power.
Haiti will observe two weeks of national mourning from Thursday.
Sources: IOL, BBC
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