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Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa183)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl","crawl_time":1775586382,"first_indexed_time":1625810977,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cnn!www,\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl s443","src_root_hash":"2312100192101524051","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Haiti President Jovenel Moise killed in an attack on his residence | CNN","meta_descriptions":["Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"CNN\n — \nHaiti’s\nPresident Jovenel Moise\nwas killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country.\nThe attackers stormed Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state, according to the acting prime minister, who described the assassination as a “heinous, inhumane and barbaric act.”\nHaiti’s first lady, Martine Moise, was shot in the attack and is being evacuated to a hospital in Miami for treatment, said Haiti’s ambassador to the US.\nAd Feedback\nAd Feedback\nHer condition is stable but critical, Ambassador Bocchit Edmond said in a press briefing.\nHaitian National Police have detained two suspects and killed four others connected to the assassination, Edmond told CNN en Español late Wednesday.\n“We are trying to move forward and see how we can identify more of those who participated in this horrible act,” he said.\nEdmond added that the suspects who were arrested and killed were foreigners, and police are in the process of determining their nationalities.\nHe believes the suspects received assistance from Haitian nationals due to vehicles they used to get to the presidential residence where Moise was killed.\nEarlier, Edmond said in the press briefing that the attackers are believed to be “mercenaries” and referred to them as “well-trained killers.”\nVideo from the scene showed them speaking Spanish and they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents, he said.\n“I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters Wednesday.\n“We don’t know how they came in,” Edmond said, adding that they did not know if the attackers were still in the country. He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.”\nThe country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm.\n“Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.”\nThe state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.”\nUnder the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law.\nMoise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency.\nFor now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky.\nHaiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct.\nThroughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed.\nMany in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year.\nWhile the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office.\nMoise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.”\nNou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation.\n“We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said.\nMoise’s death takes place against a\nbackground of extreme violence\nin Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June.\nRival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city.\nMoise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.\nMeanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus.\nLast month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths.\nPAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday.\nHaiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.\nAt the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank.\nUNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that\nsevere acute childhood malnutrition\nis expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services.\nWorld leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people.\nThe United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.”\nIn a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.”\nSpeaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters.\nChilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing.\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted a statement saying: “Spain strongly condemns the assassination of the President of Haiti … We call for the unity of the political forces to find a way out of the serious crisis that the country experiences.”\nCNN’s Kiarinna Parisi, Mitchell McCluskey, Sharon Braithwaite, Claudia Rebaza, Jennifer Hansler, Emmet Lyons, Melissa Bell and Stephanie Halasz contributed reporting.","attrs_markdown":"Thank You\\!\n\nYour effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.\n\nClose\n\nAd Feedback\n\n[World](https:\/\/cnn.com\/world)\n\n[Africa](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/africa)\n\n[Americas](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/americas)\n\n[Asia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/asia)\n\n[Australia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/australia)\n\n[China](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/china)\n\n[Europe](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe)\n\n[India](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/india)\n\n[Middle East](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/middle-east)\n\n[United Kingdom](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/united-kingdom)\n\n[More]()\n\n[Africa](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/africa)   [Americas](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/americas)   [Asia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/asia)   [Australia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/australia)   [China](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/china)   [Europe](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe)   [India](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/india)   [Middle East](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/middle-east)   [United Kingdom](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/united-kingdom)\n\n[Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)   [Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/subscription\/all-access)\n***\nEdition\n\n[US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\nEdition\n\n- [US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n***\n[Africa](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/africa)\n\n[Americas](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/americas)\n\n[Asia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/asia)\n\n[Australia](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/australia)\n\n[China](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/china)\n\n[Europe](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe)\n\n[India](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/india)\n\n[Middle East](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/middle-east)\n\n[United Kingdom](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/united-kingdom)\n***\nFollow CNN\n\nDownload the CNN App\n***\n\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, and First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister. (AP Photo\/Joseph Odelyn)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, and First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister. (AP Photo\/Joseph Odelyn) Joseph Odelyn\/AP Related article Haiti's leader has been killed. Here's what you need to know](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-explainer-jovenel-moise-assassination-cmd-intl\/index.html)\n\nVideo from the scene showed them speaking Spanish and they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents, he said.\n\n“I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters Wednesday.\n\n“We don’t know how they came in,” Edmond said, adding that they did not know if the attackers were still in the country. He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.”\n\nThe country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm.\n\n“Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.”\n\n![An ambulance carrying the body of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise drives past a mural featuring him near the leader's residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nAn ambulance carrying the body of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise drives past a mural featuring him near the leader's residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.\n\nJoseph Odelyn\/AP\n\nThe state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.”\n\nUnder the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law.\n\n## Succession unclear\nMoise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency.\n\nFor now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky.\n\nHaiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct.\n\nThroughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed.\n\n![Moise sits with his wife, Martine, during his swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 7, 2017.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nMoise sits with his wife, Martine, during his swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 7, 2017.\n\nDieu Nalio Chery\/AP\n\nMany in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year.\n\nWhile the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office.\n\n[![FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo\/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo\/Dieu Nalio Chery, File) Dieu Nalio Chery\/AP Related article Live updates: Haiti's president assassinated](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/americas\/live-news\/haiti-president-assassinated-updates-intl\/index.html)\n\nMoise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.”\n\nNou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation.\n\n“We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said.\n\n## Worsening situation\nMoise’s death takes place against a [background of extreme violence](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/01\/americas\/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam\/index.html) in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June.\n\nRival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city.\n\nPetion-Ville\n\n*Moise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.*\n\nMeanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus.\n\nLast month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths.\n\nPAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday.\n\n![A forensic investigator carries a bagful of bullet casings collected at the residence of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg)\n\nA forensic investigator carries a bagful of bullet casings collected at the residence of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.\n\nJoseph Odelyn\/AP\n\nHaiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.\n\nAt the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank.\n\nUNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that [severe acute childhood malnutrition](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/31\/americas\/child-malnutrition-haiti-pandemic-unicef-intl\/index.html) is expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services.\n\n## Global figures condemn assassination\nWorld leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people.\n\nThe United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.”\n\n[![A group of blind and disabled people eat at a refuge for displaced persons after armed gangs set their homes on fire in Port au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Joseph Odelyn)](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/media\/sites\/cnn\/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) A group of blind and disabled people eat at a refuge for displaced persons after armed gangs set their homes on fire in Port au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo\/Joseph Odelyn) Joseph Odelyn\/AP Related article Thousands seek refuge from wave of violence in Haiti's capital city](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/01\/americas\/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam\/index.html)\n\nIn a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.”\n\nSpeaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters.\n\nChilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. 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He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.”\n\nThe country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm.\n\n“Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.”\n\nThe state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.”\n\nUnder the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law.\n\nMoise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency.\n\nFor now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky.\n\nHaiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct.\n\nThroughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed.\n\nMany in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year.\n\nWhile the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office.\n\nMoise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.”\n\nNou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation.\n\n“We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said.\n\nMoise’s death takes place against a [background of extreme violence](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/01\/americas\/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam\/index.html) in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June.\n\nRival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city.\n\n*Moise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.*\n\nMeanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus.\n\nLast month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths.\n\nPAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday.\n\nHaiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.\n\nAt the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank.\n\nUNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that [severe acute childhood malnutrition](http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/31\/americas\/child-malnutrition-haiti-pandemic-unicef-intl\/index.html) is expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services.\n\nWorld leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people.\n\nThe United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.”\n\nIn a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.”\n\nSpeaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters.\n\nChilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing.\n\nUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted a statement saying: “Spain strongly condemns the assassination of the President of Haiti … We call for the unity of the political forces to find a way out of the serious crisis that the country experiences.”\n\nCNN’s Kiarinna Parisi, Mitchell McCluskey, Sharon Braithwaite, Claudia Rebaza, Jennifer Hansler, Emmet Lyons, Melissa Bell and Stephanie Halasz contributed reporting.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	CNN — Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country. The attackers stormed Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state, according to the acting prime minister, who described the assassination as a “heinous, inhumane and barbaric act.” Haiti’s first lady, Martine Moise, was shot in the attack and is being evacuated to a hospital in Miami for treatment, said Haiti’s ambassador to the US. Ad Feedback Ad Feedback Her condition is stable but critical, Ambassador Bocchit Edmond said in a press briefing. Haitian National Police have detained two suspects and killed four others connected to the assassination, Edmond told CNN en Español late Wednesday. “We are trying to move forward and see how we can identify more of those who participated in this horrible act,” he said. Edmond added that the suspects who were arrested and killed were foreigners, and police are in the process of determining their nationalities. He believes the suspects received assistance from Haitian nationals due to vehicles they used to get to the presidential residence where Moise was killed. Earlier, Edmond said in the press briefing that the attackers are believed to be “mercenaries” and referred to them as “well-trained killers.” Video from the scene showed them speaking Spanish and they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents, he said. “I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters Wednesday. “We don’t know how they came in,” Edmond said, adding that they did not know if the attackers were still in the country. He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.” The country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm. “Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.” The state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.” Under the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law. Moise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency. For now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky. Haiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct. Throughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed. Many in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year. While the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office. Moise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.” Nou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation. “We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said. Moise’s death takes place against a background of extreme violence in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June. Rival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city. Moise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus. Last month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths. PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday. Haiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank. UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services. World leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.” In a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.” Speaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted a statement saying: “Spain strongly condemns the assassination of the President of Haiti … We call for the unity of the political forces to find a way out of the serious crisis that the country experiences.” CNN’s Kiarinna Parisi, Mitchell McCluskey, Sharon Braithwaite, Claudia Rebaza, Jennifer Hansler, Emmet Lyons, Melissa Bell and Stephanie Halasz contributed reporting.
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Error occurred while fetching labs Subtitles - Off Video Ad Feedback Haiti in turmoil amid assassination of President Moise 02:19 • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) World News 10 videos ![videoframe\_1260420.png](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Pope Leo celebrates Easter Sunday Mass at St. Peter's Square 02:11 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![apogee raise burn 2.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback NASA footage of Artemis II burn reveals stunning views of Earth 01:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![rio 1.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Reforesting Rio de Janeiro 04:00 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![Haiti's President Jovenel Moise (C) and his wife, First Lady Martine Moise (2-L), arrive at the National Assembly to attend the inauguration of Ecuadorean President-elect Guillermo Lasso, in Quito on May 24, 2021. 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(Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Haiti in turmoil amid assassination of President Moise 02:19 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![22519097 - CLEAN\_USKhargIslandStri.00\_00\_38\_03.Still001.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback US strikes military targets on Iran's Kharg Island 00:39 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) ![thumbnail istanbul shooting 1.jpg](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Video Ad Feedback Shooting near Israeli consulate in Istanbul 00:39 Now playing • Source: [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/) See more videos CNN — Haiti’s [President Jovenel Moise](http://www.cnn.com/2021/02/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-term-protests-intl/index.html) was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country. The attackers stormed Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state, according to the acting prime minister, who described the assassination as a “heinous, inhumane and barbaric act.” Haiti’s first lady, Martine Moise, was shot in the attack and is being evacuated to a hospital in Miami for treatment, said Haiti’s ambassador to the US. Ad Feedback Ad Feedback Her condition is stable but critical, Ambassador Bocchit Edmond said in a press briefing. ![First lady Martine Moise arrives at Jackson Health System's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami on July 7.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) First lady Martine Moise arrives at Jackson Health System's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami on July 7. Carl Juste/AP Haitian National Police have detained two suspects and killed four others connected to the assassination, Edmond told CNN en Español late Wednesday. “We are trying to move forward and see how we can identify more of those who participated in this horrible act,” he said. Edmond added that the suspects who were arrested and killed were foreigners, and police are in the process of determining their nationalities. He believes the suspects received assistance from Haitian nationals due to vehicles they used to get to the presidential residence where Moise was killed. Earlier, Edmond said in the press briefing that the attackers are believed to be “mercenaries” and referred to them as “well-trained killers.” [![Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, and First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, and First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn) Joseph Odelyn/AP Related article Haiti's leader has been killed. Here's what you need to know](https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-explainer-jovenel-moise-assassination-cmd-intl/index.html) Video from the scene showed them speaking Spanish and they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents, he said. “I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters Wednesday. “We don’t know how they came in,” Edmond said, adding that they did not know if the attackers were still in the country. He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.” The country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm. “Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.” ![An ambulance carrying the body of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise drives past a mural featuring him near the leader's residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) An ambulance carrying the body of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise drives past a mural featuring him near the leader's residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7. Joseph Odelyn/AP The state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.” Under the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law. ## Succession unclear Moise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency. For now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky. Haiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct. Throughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed. ![Moise sits with his wife, Martine, during his swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 7, 2017.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) Moise sits with his wife, Martine, during his swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 7, 2017. Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Many in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year. While the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office. [![FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, center, leaves the museum during a ceremony marking the 215th anniversary of revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture's death, at the National Pantheon museum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File) Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Related article Live updates: Haiti's president assassinated](https://www.cnn.com/americas/live-news/haiti-president-assassinated-updates-intl/index.html) Moise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.” Nou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation. “We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said. ## Worsening situation Moise’s death takes place against a [background of extreme violence](http://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/americas/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam/index.html) in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June. Rival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city. Petion-Ville Moise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus. Last month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths. PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday. ![A forensic investigator carries a bagful of bullet casings collected at the residence of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7.](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) A forensic investigator carries a bagful of bullet casings collected at the residence of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7. Joseph Odelyn/AP Haiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank. UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that [severe acute childhood malnutrition](http://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/americas/child-malnutrition-haiti-pandemic-unicef-intl/index.html) is expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services. ## Global figures condemn assassination World leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.” [![A group of blind and disabled people eat at a refuge for displaced persons after armed gangs set their homes on fire in Port au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)](https://www.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/cnn-fallback-image.jpg) A group of blind and disabled people eat at a refuge for displaced persons after armed gangs set their homes on fire in Port au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn) Joseph Odelyn/AP Related article Thousands seek refuge from wave of violence in Haiti's capital city](https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/americas/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam/index.html) In a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.” Speaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted a statement saying: “Spain strongly condemns the assassination of the President of Haiti … We call for the unity of the political forces to find a way out of the serious crisis that the country experiences.” CNN’s Kiarinna Parisi, Mitchell McCluskey, Sharon Braithwaite, Claudia Rebaza, Jennifer Hansler, Emmet Lyons, Melissa Bell and Stephanie Halasz contributed reporting. 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Readable Markdown	CNN — Haiti’s [President Jovenel Moise](http://www.cnn.com/2021/02/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-term-protests-intl/index.html) was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country. The attackers stormed Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state, according to the acting prime minister, who described the assassination as a “heinous, inhumane and barbaric act.” Haiti’s first lady, Martine Moise, was shot in the attack and is being evacuated to a hospital in Miami for treatment, said Haiti’s ambassador to the US. Ad Feedback Ad Feedback Her condition is stable but critical, Ambassador Bocchit Edmond said in a press briefing. Haitian National Police have detained two suspects and killed four others connected to the assassination, Edmond told CNN en Español late Wednesday. “We are trying to move forward and see how we can identify more of those who participated in this horrible act,” he said. Edmond added that the suspects who were arrested and killed were foreigners, and police are in the process of determining their nationalities. He believes the suspects received assistance from Haitian nationals due to vehicles they used to get to the presidential residence where Moise was killed. Earlier, Edmond said in the press briefing that the attackers are believed to be “mercenaries” and referred to them as “well-trained killers.” Video from the scene showed them speaking Spanish and they presented themselves as Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents, he said. “I believe they are fake DEA agents,” he told reporters Wednesday. “We don’t know how they came in,” Edmond said, adding that they did not know if the attackers were still in the country. He said if they have left, it would be via a land border with the Dominican Republic because Haiti would have detected a plane leaving and the airport has been closed since the attack. He said the airport would reopen “once we have this situation under control.” The country has been reeling from violence for weeks. Addressing the nation in a televised statement, the acting prime minister Joseph declared a “state of siege” in Haiti and pleaded with citizens to remain calm. “Me and all the ministers have been working since the news broke and we want to assure you we will bring the killers of the president to justice,” he added. “Please stay calm and let the authorities do their work. We don’t want the country to plunge into chaos. This is a very sad day for our nation and for our people.” The state of siege is the middle of three levels of emergency under Haitian law, alongside the lower “state of emergency” and the highest level referred to as the “state of war.” Under the state of siege regime, national borders are closed and martial law temporarily is imposed, with Haiti’s military and national police empowered to enforce the law. Moise, 53, was a former banana exporter and divisive figure in Haitian politics. He spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency. For now, it isn’t immediately clear who will replace him. Judge Jean Wilner Morin, President of the National Association of Haitian Judges, told CNN that the line of presidential succession in the country is now murky. Haiti’s President of the Supreme Court would normally be next in line, but he recently died of Covid-19. For the acting Prime Minister Joseph to formally replace the President, he would have to be approved by Haiti’s parliament, said Morin. But without recent elections, the parliament is effectively defunct. Throughout his presidency, Moise had repeatedly failed to hold elections at local and national levels, leaving much of the country’s governing infrastructure empty. A constitutional referendum is set to be held in September, alongside the presidential and legislative elections. Municipal and local elections have been scheduled for January 16, 2022, the official electoral calendar also showed. Many in the country had disputed Moise’ right to continue serving in the presidency this year. While the United States, United Nations and Organization of American States supported his claim to a fifth year in office, critics say he should have stepped down in February 7, 2021, citing a constitutional provision that starts the clock once a president is elected, rather than when he takes office. Moise however claimed his five-year term should end in 2022 because he wasn’t sworn in until February 2017. His inauguration was delayed over allegations of voter fraud during the 2015 election, which led to a presidential runoff that was postponed twice over what authorities called threats and “security concerns.” Nou Pap Dòmi, one of Haiti’s main opposition groups, has condemned the assassination. The group, which has previously been extremely critical of Moise and corruption in the country, said in a statement it was shocked by the news and called for unity and de-escalation. “We cannot continue to count corpses on a daily basis … all of the victims of massacres and assassinations must find justice and those responsible for these acts must be brought to justice,” the group said. Moise’s death takes place against a [background of extreme violence](http://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/americas/haiti-violence-death-june-intl-latam/index.html) in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince that has claimed the lives of many citizens and escalated notably in June. Rival groups have battled with one another or the police for control of the streets, displacing tens of thousands of people and worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Infamous ex-police officer Jimmy Cherizier last week vowed before local media to carry out a “revolution” in the city. Moise’s private residence is in Petion-Ville, in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has been worsening in Haiti in recent weeks. The country is one of only a handful across the world that have not yet started vaccinating against the virus. Last month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned that the response in the country must be scaled up dramatically to cope with sharply escalating cases, hospitalizations and deaths. PAHO Director Dr. Carissa Etienne said it would step up efforts to help Haiti with the vaccination program. “I am hopeful that the arrival of vaccines in the country can start to turn the tide of the pandemic and bring some relief to the Haitian people during these very difficult times,” Etienne told reporters during the organization’s weekly briefing on Wednesday. Haiti has reported more than 19,000 Covid-19 cases and 462 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. At the same time, the impoverished Caribbean nation is facing a dire economic situation. Its economy had been contracting even before the pandemic and shrunk further 3.8% in 2020, with about 60% of the population now living in poverty, according to the World Bank. UNICEF, the United Nations’ children’s agency, said in May that [severe acute childhood malnutrition](http://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/americas/child-malnutrition-haiti-pandemic-unicef-intl/index.html) is expected to more than double in Haiti this year as it deals with rising violence, Covid-19 and a lack of access to essential services. World leaders have denounced the attack, while expressing condolences and solidarity with the Haitian people. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the assassination “in the strongest terms,” saying the “perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice.” In a statement released by the White House, US President Joe Biden said: “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the horrific assassination … and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of Haiti. We condemn this heinous act, and I am sending my sincere wishes for First Lady Moïse’s recovery.” Speaking to reporters later, Biden said: “We need a lot more information – but it’s – it’s just – it’s been very worrisome about the state of Haiti,” he told reporters. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera called “for unity and peace to strengthen democracy and find a way out of the serious crisis that Haiti is going through,” while Colombia’s President Ivan Duque condemned the “cowardly and barbaric” killing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for calm, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at Moise’s death. And Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez tweeted a statement saying: “Spain strongly condemns the assassination of the President of Haiti … We call for the unity of the political forces to find a way out of the serious crisis that the country experiences.” CNN’s Kiarinna Parisi, Mitchell McCluskey, Sharon Braithwaite, Claudia Rebaza, Jennifer Hansler, Emmet Lyons, Melissa Bell and Stephanie Halasz contributed reporting.
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