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Haiti taps security minister to fill in as interim health minister after hospital reopening attack

The ministry had called on journalists to attend the event at 8 a.m. local time.

HAITI-VIOLENCE-HOSPITALInjured people lie on the ground after armed men opened fire on a group of journalists who gathered for a government press conference set to announce the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, according to a witness who spoke to Reuters, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti December 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Haiti on Thursday tapped the nation’s security minister to fill in as interim health minister, the official gazette showed, two days after armed men fired on a planned hospital reopening event hosted by the previous health minister, leaving three people dead.

The ministry had called on journalists to attend the event at 8 a.m. local time. The previous minister, Duckenson Lorthe Blema, had still not arrived when the shooting started around 11 a.m. local time. He was installed in his post in November.

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