Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Government Haiti declared a state of emergency because it was still tense after the incident murder against the President Jovenel Moise (53).
Haiti’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, said his country was in a state of national emergency for the next two weeks. He tried to calm the public and said the government remained in control.
“I ask all parties to calm down. Everything is still under control. This uncivilized act will be rewarded,” Joseph said at a press conference broadcast by local television stations.
Reported Reuters, Thursday (8/8), Haiti Police Chief, Leon Charles, said his members were involved in a fierce gun battle with the group suspected of being Moise’s killer.
In that incident, four people died on the spot, and captured two people alive. While a number of others managed to escape and are still at large.
“We stopped them after trying to leave the crime scene. At that time we were involved in a shootout with them. The options were either they died or they were arrested,” said Charles.
According to the United States Ambassador to Haiti, Bocchit Edmond, the alleged perpetrators are a group of highly trained foreign hitmen. The perpetrators allegedly disguised themselves as agents of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
They snuck into Moise’s house in the hills of the capital Port-au-Prince around 1 a.m. local time and killed the president.
His wife, Martine, survived the incident despite her injuries. He is currently being flown to Florida, United States for medical treatment.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, condemned the incident as a cruel act. He also called the situation in Haiti worrying. The US is Haiti’s largest donor country.
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