The prominent leader of a Haitian political party was killed in an alleged gang attack in the capital on Friday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The prominent leader of a Haitian political party was killed in an alleged gang attack in the capital on Friday, the latest victim of the spiraling security crisis gripping the Caribbean nation.Eric Jean Baptiste, lottery business magnate, and a bodyguard were killed in Laboule 12, a leafy hillside area in Port-au-Prince, after attackers opened fire on their vehicle, officials said.
“He represented a lot,” Nordain said. “His assassination shows we do not have leadership in this country.” Nordain said Jean Baptiste had helped provide food, school supplies and potable water to people in need and was running a pilot project with a law faculty in Jacmel, a port town in the southern part of Haiti.“The horrific assassination of the political leader Eric Jean Baptiste and his bodyguard has once against plunged the Haitian nation into turmoil,” he said in a tweet. “We strongly condemn this heinous crime against this patriot, this moderate politician committed to change.
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