Haitian president killed in armed attack on his home​




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Port-au-Prince, July 7 (RHC)-- Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been assassinated in an armed attack, the country's Prime Minister Claude Joseph confirmed in a statement.

According to reports, at around 1 a.m., a group of as yet unknown individuals attacked the president's private residence and mortally wounded him, the document said.  The first lady, Martine Moïse, has also been shot and wounded during the attack and is being treated in a hospital.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister and the National Police have condemned "this hateful, inhuman and barbaric act" -- while calling on the Haitian people to remain calm, affirming that the security situation in the country "is under the control" of the Police and the Armed Forces.

"All measures are taken to guarantee the continuity of the State and to protect the Nation", assures the communiqué, to conclude that "democracy and the Republic will win."