Prominent Journalist Slain at Radio Station

Two gunmen shot and killed Haiti’s most prominent radio journalist as he pulled into the courtyard of his radio station for a morning newscast. Jean Dominique, who was in his 60s, died at a hospital in Petionville, where Radio Haiti Inter is located. A station worker also was killed in the attack, said Radio Haiti journalist Assad Volcy. There were no immediate arrests. The U.S. State Department said it was deeply troubled by the slaying of Dominique, a strong advocate of a free press in Haiti. The attack followed a wave of insecurity and scattered violence last week in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, as Haitian officials try to organize elections to install a new Parliament.