Jovenel Moïse/Assassination
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Date | 7 July 2021 |
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Location | Haiti |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
Blamed on | Unknwon |
Witnessed by | Martine Moïse |
Type | shooting |
Deaths | Jovenel Moïse"Jovenel Moïse" is not a number. |
Injured (non-fatal) | 1 |
Description | The assassination of Haitian President |
Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by gunmen posing as DEA agents. His wife Martine was severely injured.
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Suspects
26 of the 28 suspects were from Colombia. The other two were American citizens of Haitian descent.[1]
First Lady
The First Lady Martine Moïse was seriously wounded in the attack. She was sent to a hospital in Miami. On 10 July, she posted an audio message to her Twitter account, saying her husband was killed in a well-planned attack by a group of "highly trained and heavily armed" individuals.