Haiti president’s guards to be interrogated after assassination — prosecutor
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The heads of the security detail meant to be protecting Haiti…
Doubts raised about competence of Haitian presidential security — NYT
The assailants made it past two police checkpoints before reaching the president’s gate, the State Department said, people familiar with the briefing said, adding that the security personnel guarding the president’s residence suffered no injuries.
There was also said to be no reports of an exchange of gunfire between the guards and the attackers — which raised some eyebrows.
“It’s weird that there was no one was fighting back,” said Laurent Lamothe, a former prime minister of Haiti, noting that the presidential guard usually has a detachment of about 100 officers. “There was a lot of shooting, but no deaths. The only death was the president.”