2021-07-08 02:35:54 GMT2021-07-08 10:35:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MEXICO CITY, July 7 (Xinhua) Haiti s National Police on Wednesday apprehended the gunmen suspected of killing Haitian President Jovenel Moise earlier in the day at his residence, said reports from the Caribbean island country, citing a Haitian government official. The alleged assassins of President Moise were intercepted by the Police in Pelerin shortly before 6 p.m., Secretary of Communication Frantz Exantus said on Twitter.
Officials would shortly release more details of the police operation in Pelerin, the upscale district where Moise s residence is located, said Exantus.
Residents in Pelerin reported hearing heavy gunfire in the afternoon.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-08 10:35 Share CLOSE FILE PHOTO: Haiti s President Jovenel Moise speaks during the investiture ceremony of the independent advisory committee for the drafting of the new constitution at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 30, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
MEXICO CITY - Haitian police have arrested two of the gunmen who are suspected to have assassinated President Jovenel Moise early Wednesday, while four others were killed when apprehended by the authorities, said Leon Charles, director general of the National Police.
The police operation also led to the release of three police officers the gunmen had kidnapped in the attack at Moise s residence, Charles, accompanied by Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph and other officials, told the press.
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Port-au-Prince, Jul 7 (EFE).- Four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise were fatally shot by police and two others were arrested Wednesday, according to Haiti’s police chief Léon Charles.
Three police officers who had been held hostage were also released, Charles said alongside Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph and other officials.
The suspects were intercepted by the police after intense gunfights in the Pelerin sector, where Moise’s residence is located, “shortly before 6 am this evening,” according to Secretary of State for Communication Frantz Exantus on Twitter.