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(AP) \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The hometown of slain Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse prepared to receive his body on Friday for a private funeral amid heavy security following violent protests and fears of political volatility in the Caribbean nation.<\/p>

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White T-shirts and caps emblazoned with his picture were distributed to supporters the day before what is expected to be the final ceremony to honor Mo\u00efse, who was shot several times on July 7 during an attack at his private home that seriously injured his wife, Martine.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is something that will be engraved in our memory,\u201d said Pedro Guilloume, a Cap-Haitien resident who hoped to attend the funeral. \u201cLet all Haitians channel solidarity.\u201d<\/p>

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The funeral comes days after a new prime minister supported by key international diplomats was installed in Haiti \u2014 a move that appeared aimed at averting a leadership struggle following Mo\u00efse\u2019s assassination.<\/p>

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Ariel Henry, who was designated prime minister by Mo\u00efse before he was slain but never sworn in, replaced interim prime minister Claude Joseph, and has promised to form a provisional consensus government until elections are held.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, violent demonstrations hit neighborhoods in Cap-Haitien as groups of men fired shots into the air and blocked some roads with blazing tires. One heavily guarded police convoy carrying unknown officials drove through one flaming barricade, with a vehicle nearly flipping over.<\/p>

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A priest who presided over a Mass on Thursday morning at Cap-Haitian\u2019s cathedral to honor Mo\u00efse warned there was too much bloodshed in Haiti as he asked people to find peace, noting that the poorest communities are affected.<\/p>\n

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The widow of President Jovenel Moise, Martine Moise, sits with her children Jovelin Moise, left, Joveline Moise, second right, and Jovenel Moise Jr. during a ceremony at the Hotel Roi Christophe in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, July 22, 2021. President Moise was assassinated at his home in Port-au-Prince on July 7. (AP Photo\/Matias Delacroix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Thursday evening, Martine Mo\u00efse and her three children appeared at a small religious ceremony at a hotel in Cap-Haitien where Henry and other government officials offered their condolences.<\/p>

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\u201cThey took his life, but they can\u2019t take his memories,\u201d said a priest who presided over the ceremony. \u201cThey can\u2019t take his brain. They can\u2019t take his ideas. We are Jovenel Mo\u00efse.\u201d<\/p>

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Mo\u00efse was sworn in as Haiti\u2019s president in February 2017 and faced increasing criticism in recent years from those who accused him of becoming increasingly authoritarian. He had been ruling by decree for more than a year after the country failed to hold legislative elections.<\/p>\n

Authorities have said that at least 26 suspects have been arrested in the killing, including 18 former Colombian soldiers. Police are still looking for several more suspects they say were involved in the assassination plot, including a former rebel leader and an ex-senator.<\/p>\n

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