Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home

Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse Assassinated at Home
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview in his office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Aug. 28, 2019. Dieu Nalio Chery/File/AP Photo
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, according to a statement Wednesday from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane, and barbaric act.”

First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.