Haiti police killed four 'mercenaries' they said were behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and took two more into custody.
Haitian President Jovenel Moise and First Lady Martine Moise, shown here in 2018, were attacked in their private residence in an assault which left him dead and her wounded.PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti police killed four"mercenaries" they said were behind the assassination of President Jovenel Moise and took two more into custody, as the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation was pitched into uncertainty.
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