HAITIAN PRESIDENT MOÏSE’S BODY WAS RIDDLED WITH 12 BULLETS

Thu 08 July 2021:

Haitian President Jovenel Moise sustained twelve wounds to his body during the fatal shooting in Port-au-Prince’s Petion-Ville suburb, local assistant justice of the peace Carl Henry Destin told Le Nouvelliste newspaper.

“We found twelve holes on the body of the president,” the official said on Wednesday, adding that Moise was found lying on his back with his left eye “gouged out.”

He specified that wounds were found on Moise’s forehead, two in his chest, three at the hip, and one in the abdomen.

The wounds are believed to have been inflicted by a “large caliber weapon and with 9-millimeter projectiles,” Destin said.

The Juno7 news agency, in turn, reported that none of the president’s guards who were with him in the residence during the attack were injured.

Police chief Charles gave no further details of the attackers or what their motive may have been.

Haitian Ambassador to US Edmond told the NTN24 channel: “They are mercenaries; they were paid for this job of coming to assassinate the president and we hope that they will reveal for whom it was they were working.”

He said he believed more than 20 people had been detained but added: “We’re continuing with the search so we get them all.”

Joseph had earlier said the attackers were “foreigners who spoke English and Spanish”. Haiti’s official languages are Creole and French. Haiti’s communications minister later said there were Haitians among the suspects.

Moise, who ruled the country from 2017, was shot dead by a group of unidentified armed men at his private residence early on Wednesday. His wife, Martine Moise, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

Late on Wednesday, the national police said that four suspects had been killed and two others were detained during a manhunt following the attack.

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