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#BREAKING Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated: interim PM

#UPDATE Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated Wednesday at his home by a commando, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced.

Joseph said he was now in charge of the country.

#UPDATE The wife of assassinated Haiti President Jovenel Moise was in hospital, according to interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who urged the public to remain calm, and insisted the police and army would ensure the population's safety
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#BREAKING White House calls Haiti president's assassination 'horrific'

#BREAKING Dominican Republic orders Haiti border closed after Moise assassination

#UPDATE Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded in an attack at their home, the interim prime minister announced, an act that risks further destabilizing the Caribbean nation beset by gang violence and political volatility u.afp.com/ULNo

#UPDATE EU warns against 'spiral of violence' after Haiti assassination

#BREAKING Haiti PM declares 'state of siege,' granting stronger powers to executive

#UPDATE The Dominican Republic on Wednesday shuttered its border with Haiti after the assassination of the neighbouring country’s president, Jovenel Moise. The countries share a 380-kilometer (240-mile) border on the island of Hispaniola
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