‘It’s all up in the air’: wary Haitians stay home as power struggle looms

Details of assassination of President Jovenel Moise emerge as political uncertainty grips nation

Disturbing details of the murder of Haiti's president, Jovenel Moise, are emerging as the Caribbean country grapples with the fallout from what was officially the first assassination of a serving president in the Americas since the shooting of John F Kennedy in 1963.

Moise, who had been facing mounting public anger over what critics called his reluctance to relinquish power, was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday at his home in a wealthy suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The first lady, Martine Moise, was wounded and evacuated to Miami where she is reportedly in a stable condition.