Violence, protests continue ahead of funeral service for slain Haitian leader

A photograph of Haiti’s assassinated President Jovenel Moise is displayed during a memorial service at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church in the Little Haiti neighbourhood of Miami (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Demonstrations in Haiti turned violent as gunshots rang out while supporters of slain President Jovenel Moise blocked roads and demanded justice while threatening to disrupt his upcoming funeral.

A heavily armed police convoy carrying unknown officials rushed through a barricade of flaming tires set up at the end of a bridge in the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien, with one vehicle nearly flipping over as it passed through.