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Protests break out at Haiti president’s funeral, guests run for cover

Protests break out at Haiti president’s funeral, guests run for cover

DAVE GRAHAM and ANDRE PAULTRE THE funeral of assassinated Haitian president Jovenel Moise yesterday was disrupted by shots fired nearby and riot gas used on protesters, prompting a high-level U.S. delegation to abruptly leave and other dignitaries to duck into vehicles for safety. The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster national unity, but the disturbances reflected deep division over the June 7 atrocity, in which foreign gunmen walked apparently unchallenged into the presidential residence and shot Moise multiple times, also injuring his wife. Few answers have emerged about who planned the killing, or why.…
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