The body of assassinated president Jovenel Moise was laid to rest in his hometown in Haiti today amid heavy security after days of protest in the Caribbean nation.
Pallbearers in military attire carried the late president's body in a closed wooden coffin as his funeral took place two weeks after he was shot dead at home in a killing still shrouded in mystery.
His widow Martine arrived to cries of 'Justice! Justice!' as she headed straight to her husband's casket, climbing the stairs and stopping in front of it. Her right arm in a sling, she lay her left arm on the casket and then brought it to her heart as she stood there in silence. Her eyes filled with tears as her three children joined her.
Minutes later, a group of supporters grabbed a large portrait of Moïse and paraded with it as the police band began to play the national anthem over loud wails.
Earlier, cries of 'Assassin!' filled the air at the arrival of Haiti's National Police Chief León Charles. Haitians clad in somber suits, shiny shoes and black and white formal dresses shouted and pointed fingers at the neighboring seating platforms where Haitian officials and foreign dignitaries sat above at least a dozen men with high-powered weapons.
'You didn't take any measures to save Jovenel! You contributed to his killing!' one woman yelled.
On the grounds below, one Moïse supporter threatened Charles: 'You need to leave now or we're going to get you after the funeral!'
Newly appointed Prime Minister Ariel Henry arrived after to cries of, 'Justice for Jovenel!'
Pallbearers in military attire carried late Haitian President Jovenel Moise's body in a closed wooden coffin
The bearers placed the polished casket on a dais garlanded with flowers in an auditorium
Foreign dignitaries including U.S. President Joe Biden's top advisor for the Western Hemisphere flew to Cap-Haitien to pay their respects
Moise was gunned down in his home in Port-au-Prince before dawn on July 7, setting off a new political crisis
Protests by angry supporters of Moise convulsed the slain leader's hometown, the northern city of Cap-Haitien, for a second successive day on Thursday as workers prepared for the funeral
Moise was gunned down in his home in Port-au-Prince before dawn on July 7, setting off a new political crisis in the Caribbean country that has struggled with poverty, lawlessness and instability.
Protests by angry supporters of Moise convulsed the slain leader's hometown, the northern city of Cap-Haitien, for a second successive day on Thursday as workers prepared for the funeral.
The protesters set tires on fire to block roads, while workers paved a brick road to Moise's mausoleum on a dusty plot of several acres enclosed by high
