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Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Moise
Source: Euronews with AP and AFP
Haiti declares 'state of siege' after assassination of President Jovenel Moïse
By Euronews with AP, AFP • Updated: 07/07/2021 - 19:54
Interim Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country on Wednesday, hours after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse at his private residence.
"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country," Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media.
"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife," he went on, assuring that their deaths "would not go unpunished."
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Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack was carried out by “well-trained professional commandos” and “foreign mercenaries” who were masquerading as US agents.
He said the gunmen were not currently in Haiti and had probably escaped over the land border to the Dominican Republic or by sea.
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By Euronews with AP, AFP • Updated: 07/07/2021 - 19:54
Interim Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a state of siege in the country on Wednesday, hours after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse at his private residence.
"In line with article 149 of the Constitution, I have just chaired an extraordinary council of ministers and we have decided to declare a state of siege throughout the country," Joseph said during a speech broadcast on social media.
"They shot and killed the president and injured his wife," he went on, assuring that their deaths "would not go unpunished."
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Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the United States, said the attack was carried out by “well-trained professional commandos” and “foreign mercenaries” who were masquerading as US agents.
He said the gunmen were not currently in Haiti and had probably escaped over the land border to the Dominican Republic or by sea.
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Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/07/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-at-home-prime-minister-says