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Haiti’s Murdered President, Jovenel Moïse Laid To Rest As Tensions Flare 

Haiti’s Murdered President, Jovenel Moïse Laid To Rest As Tensions Flare 

Haiti’s murdered president, Jovenel Moïse has been laid to rest today more than two weeks after he was assassinated in a late-night raid.

Pallbearers in military attire carried late Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s body in a closed wooden coffin as his funeral got underway.

Moïse’s casket was draped with the Haitian flag and adorned with white flowers.

The bearers placed the polished casket on a dais garlanded with flowers in an auditorium. Four stood guard as a Roman Catholic priest blessed the coffin and a Haitian flag was unfurled.

Among those in attendance were Helen La Lime, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general for Haiti. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is leading a delegation from the United States.

Ahead of the funeral, there was tension in Haiti’s north, where Moïse was born as demonstrators set up roadblocks and demanded accountability for the president’s death. The Associated Press reported that one man appeared to have been shot dead Wednesday in Quartier-Morin, a commune outside Cap-Haïtien.

In the early hours of July 7, gunmen stormed into his home and shot him dead. Moïse’s widow, Martine Moïse, also sustained injuries in the attack that killed her husband.

Police have arrested more than 20 people, including two Haitian Americans and several former Colombian soldiers, but the precise motive for the killing remains unclear.

Read More: Injured Wife Of Assassinated Haitian President Speaks Outhttps://agnesisika.com/jovenel-moise-injured-wife-of-assassinated-haitian-president-speaks-out/

The assassination also led to confusion about who would lead Haiti in the event of a president’s death, with three politicians claiming they were the rightful leader. On Tuesday, Ariel Henry was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister after interim prime minister Claude Joseph agreed to step aside.

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

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