News Haiti in ‘state of siege’ amid manhunt after assassination of President Jovenel Moïse July 8, 2021Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAYComments Off on Haiti in ‘state of siege’ amid manhunt after assassination of President Jovenel Moïse Haitian police killed four suspects after Wednesday's presidential assassination. Interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, took power amid the upheaval.