By Jovonel Moïse, the serving president of Haiti, was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning, the government has confirmed.
Prime Minister Claude Joseph in a statement said the president was killed in his private residence around 1 a.m. local time Wednesday by a group of assailants.
The statement did not identify the assailants, but said they were Spanish-speaking.
Joseph described the attack as “odious, inhumane, and barbarous.”
The president’s wife, Martine Moise, was also injured by gunshot in the attack at around 1 a.m. local time at the couple’s home in the hills above Port-au-Prince.
According to Haiti’s ambassador to the United States said, she is in critical condition and efforts are underway to bring her to Miami for treatment.
