*** What exactly happened to Moise? According to Joseph, "a group of unidentified individuals, some of whom were speaking in Spanish" attacked Moise's home at around 1 a.m. Wednesday and fatally wounded the head of state. Haitian first lady Martine Moise was also shot in the attack and is receiving "the necessary treatment" for her injuries, Joseph said in a statement. Moise, who was 53 and a former banana exporter, had spent most of the past year waging a political war with the opposition over the terms of his presidency. Soldiers patrol in Petion Ville, the neighborhood where the late Haitian President Jovenel Moise lived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 7. Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, and First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, according to a statement from the country's interim prime minister.