Haiti security forces arrest six alleged gunmen after president’s assassination

Seven reportedly killed as angry civilians seize suspects following a brazen killing surrounded by claims of foreign involvement

Six people, including one US citizen, have been arrested and seven reportedly killed as Haitian security forces pursued the gunmen responsible for the assassination of the Caribbean country's president, Jovenel Moise.

As Haiti reeled following the first assassination of a serving president in the Americas since John F Kennedy's 1963 shooting, there were chaotic scenes in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday. Angry civilians reportedly apprehended two male suspects while police laid siege to two buildings in which other suspected assassins were supposedly holed up.