Haiti under state of siege following assassination of president

Children walk on an empty street in front of the cathedral that was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Joseph Odelyn/AP)

Haiti stumbled into an uncertain future after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, followed by a gunfight in which authorities said police killed four suspects, detained two others and freed three officers being held hostage.

Officials pledged to find all those responsible for the pre-dawn raid on Mr Moise’s home early on Wednesday in which the president was shot to death and his wife, Martine, critically wounded.