Protests Erupt As Assassinated Haiti President Is Laid To Rest
The funeral for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse got underway Friday morning amid heavy security hours after demonstrations turned violent in the impoverished, politically volatile Caribbean nation.
Pallbearers in military attire carried Moïse’s body in a closed wooden coffin two weeks after he was gunned down — and his wife, Martine, was wounded — in an assassination still shrouded in mystery
His polished casket was placed on a dais garlanded with flowers while a Roman Catholic priest offered a blessing and a Haitian flag was unfurled, Reuters reported. . .
On Thursday, violence erupted in Cap-Haitien as gunshots rang out while Moïse supporters blocked roads and demanded justice while threatening to disrupt his funeral.
A heavily armed police convoy carrying several officials rushed through a barricade of flaming tires set up at the end of a bridge, with one vehicle nearly flipping over as it passed through. (Read more from “Protests Erupt As Assassinated Haiti President Is Laid To Rest” HERE)
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