On Wednesday, Jean Fritz Jean-Louis, the former minister in charge of electoral matters under the Martelly presidency, was the target in the city center of individuals who opened fire several times on the vehicle in which he was, before to flee.

Reached by several bullets Jean Fritz Jean-Louis was rushed to a hospital in the capital.

It is unknown so far the motive of this attack that occurred 48 hours after the arrest of a passenger at Toussaint Louverture Airport in possession of several weapons of war https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29259-haiti-security-all-details-on-the-weapons-of-war-seized-at-toussaint-louverture-airport.html Also remember that Jean Fritz Jean-Louis had been accused by the Senator Jean Renel Sénatus to have helped the commandos of 7 heavily armed foreigners arrested last February, to circumvent the security and legal provisions of the country, relying on the fact that one of the vehicles of the commando belonged to Fritz Jean-Louis https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26981-haiti-flash-mess-at-the-palace-around-the-commandos-of-foreigners-arrested-at-pap.html ... without necessarily having to see a link between these events and this attack...

To be continued…

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26981-haiti-flash-mess-at-the-palace-around-the-commandos-of-foreigners-arrested-at-pap.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26963-haiti-flash-a-mysterious-commando-of-heavily-armed-foreigners-arrested-in-port-au-prince.html

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