President of the Senate in Haiti, Joseph Lambert, has been treated at a hospital in the capital, Port au Prince, as he escaped an assassination attempt.
According to reports the incident took planmce on Sunday January 8th.
Authorities said that Lambert underwent an eye operation and his doctors said he remains under observation
Media reports said that heavily armed individuals opened fire on the vehicle in which Lambert was travelling on Sunday at a roundabout not far from the former premises of the Parliament.
The attack on the Senate President came the same day that the mandate of the 10 remaining Senators ended at midnight on Sunday.
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