Six people have been arrested in connection to Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, including two people believed to be Haitian Americans.
Six people were arrested within the 36 hours after President Jovenel Moïse's assassination, including two believed to be Haitian Americans, a senior Haitian official said Thursday.
"The pursuit of the mercenaries continues," Charles said."Their fate is fixed: They will fall in the fighting or will be arrested."Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home on Wednesday, and six people have been arrested in connection to the attack, including two believed Haitian Americans. Moïse is seen here addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2018, in New York City.
Police arrived shortly afterward to arrest the men, who were sweating heavily and wearing clothes that seemed to be smeared with mud, an Associated Press journalist at the scene said. Officers placed them in the back of a pickup truck and drove away as the crowd ran after them to the nearby police station.
The crowd later set fire to several abandoned cars riddled with bullet holes that they believed belonged to the suspects, who were white men. The cars didn't have license plates, and inside one of them was an empty box of bullets and some water. Prime Minister Claude Joseph assumed leadership of Haiti with the backing of police and the military and on Thursday asked people to reopen businesses and go back to work as he ordered the reopening of the international airport.
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