Four Dead After Police Gunfight With Suspected Killers Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Haiti's Police Chief Léon Charles (above) said four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moise have been fatally shot by police and two others arrested after the gang of alleged assassins took three police officers hostage
* Haitian police say that six assassination suspects were intercepted, with four killed and two arrested
* Video from Port-Au-Prince shows smoke rising from multiple points as gunfire is heard through the city
* President Jovenel Moise was killed in a brazen assassination raid on his home overnight
* Haitian First Lady Martine Moise, 47, was airlifted to Miami with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday
* Gang of 'mercenaries' posing as US DEA agents staged the raid speaking English and Spanish
* Shocking eyewitness footage shows killers shout into a megaphone: 'DEA operation. Everybody stand down'
* US State Department slams any suggestion that the killers were US government agents as 'absolutely false'
* Haitian officials say they believe assassins were a gang composed of Haitians, Colombians and Venezuelans
* Dominican military is mobilizing at the border as Haitian PM declares 'state of siege' with emergency powers
* Haiti now thrown into chaos with no legal framework for succession and just 10 elected officials nationwide
Haiti's police chief says four people suspected of assassinating President Jovenel Moise have been shot dead by police and two others arrested after the gang took three police officers hostage.
Video purportedly looking out over Port-Au-Prince on Wednesday evening shows smoke rising from several points in the city, and the sound of heavy gunfire could be heard.
Police claimed to be in an ongoing battle with the assassination suspects, but fears mounted that the fragile political situation could plunge the impoverished, violence-wracked nation deeper into chaos.
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More News On Reports That Four Are Dead After A Police Gunfight With Suspected Killers Of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Haiti: four dead after police gunfight with suspected killers of president Jovenel Moïse -- The Guardian
Jovenel Moïse: Police kill four after Haiti's president assassinated -- BBC
Haitian police battle suspected members of president’s hit squad as country pitched into uncertainty -- France 24
Hours After Haiti’s President Is Assassinated, 4 Suspects Are Killed and 2 Arrested -- New York Times
Haiti police hunt down Moise’s killers as fears of chaos grow -- Al Jazeera
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