The Dominican Republic's environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead in his office on Monday, authorities said, Report informs, quoting from Reuters.
A spokesman for the president's office, Homero Figueroa, said in a video posted to Twitter on Monday afternoon that a suspect, identified as Miguel Cruz, was arrested.
Figueroa said Cruz was a childhood friend of the minister, without giving a potential motive for the attack.
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