Haiti President Assassinated at Home (Video)

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his home by a commando, the interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday.

Interim Premier Claude Joseph said a group of unidentified people attacked the president's private residence late Tuesday.

Moreover, Joseph announced that the First Lady Martine Moïse is hospitalized.

Joseph condemned what he called a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act,” adding that Haiti’s National Police and other authorities had the situation in the Caribbean country under control.

A video was leaked on social media that documents scenes of the assassination process, according to RT.  The footage, recorded by a surveillance camera, shows armed men with automatic rifles in the middle of a street. You can hear the sound of bullets.

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The Haitian Embassy in Canada also confirmed the sad news in a tweet.

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The killing comes amid deepening political and economic stability and a spike in gang violence.