Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday.
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First Lady Martine Moise is hospitalized following the attack late Tuesday, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.
Joseph condemned what he called a "hateful, inhumane and barbaric act," adding that Haiti's National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control.
Moise, 53, had been ruling by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold elections, which led to Parliament being dissolved. In recent months, opposition leaders demanded he step down, arguing that his term legally ended in February 2021.
