World leaders call for calm after assassination of Haiti’s president

Soldiers patrol in Petionville, the neighbouhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived (Joseph Odelyn/AP)

The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise drew shock and condemnation from leaders in Latin America, Europe and elsewhere, along with calls for calm and unity in the troubled Caribbean nation.

Mr Moise was killed in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to Haiti’s interim prime minister.