RT published this video item, entitled “Four suspects killed and two detained following Haiti president’s assassination” – below is their description.
Jovenel Moise, the President of Haiti, has been assassinated in his residence by an armed group. The government says the attackers ‘spoke English and Spanish,’ and has declared a state of siege.
Haiti is a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east. Though it’s still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, many of Haiti’s landmarks dating to the early 19th century remain intact. These include Citadelle la Ferrière, a mountaintop fortress.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Emperor Jacques I), defeated Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces and declared Haiti’s sovereignty on 1 January 1804.
Haiti became the only state in history established by a successful slave revolt. Apart from Alexandre Pétion, the first President of the Republic, all of Haiti’s first leaders were former slaves.
