Officers killed four suspects and arrested two others in theassassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, 53,  The Washington Post reports. The attack on the president, which took place in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 7, and also resulted in injuries to his wife, has heightened the political and safety crisis that was already plaguing Haiti.

Haiti’s Communications Minister Pradel Henriquez didn’t identify any of the suspects in the case when speaking to The Post, but he referred to them as “foreigners.’”

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The Post Reports:

The motivation for Wednesday’s overnight attack is currently unknown. Moïse dissolved parliament in January 2020 and ruled by decree as opponents and protesters demanded that he step down. Armed gangs with unclear allegiances have seized control of growing portions of the country, terrorizing the population with kidnappings, rapes and killings.

Robert Fatton, a politics professor and expert on Haiti from the University of Virginia, spoke to The Post about the possible motivation behind Moïse’s assassination and how it could have happened. “He had obviously many enemies,” he said. “There might have been some degree of complicity on the part of those protecting the president.”

Source: Police Kill Alleged Assailants Suspected of Assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moïse