The Kenyan police officer who was in patrol with international security forces at Haiti was killed in conflict with gang members.
A police officer is the first victim suffered by multinational security support under the guidance of Kenya (MSS).
The force was sent to Haita in June last year to help renovate order to the country, where the gangs took control of almost the entire capital, Port-AU-Prince, as well as large parts of rural areas.
More than 5,500 people were killed in violence related to gangs on Haiti 2024, and more than a million people fled their homes.
The commander of the multinational forces, Genfrey Otunge, said the Kenyan police officer was injured in Artibonita, the region north of the capital.
Gene of Otunge said that he was immediately transferred to the hospital, where he died a little later.
Jack Ombaka, a MSS spokesman, said in a statement sent to Reuters news agency that he was a “burnt hero” officer who was killed while fought for the Haiti people, “while the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that” it was “heartily broken down” loss of “officer.
Mr. Ombaka said the officer was shot by a band member during a security operation in the city of Pont-Sondé.
He added that the multinational force “would follow these gangs to the last man who stands.”
The MSS was enhanced at the beginning of this month with an additional 200 Kenyan police officers, but they were surpassed and surpassed by gangs, which continue to be armed with a powerful weapon illegally smuggle from the USA.
The future of multinational forces – which also has officers with Bahams, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemale and Jamaica among her ranks – was doubted a few weeks ago when Trump’s administration ordered freezing on foreign assistance programs.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later approved a renunciation of US funds intended for MSS and Haiti’s National Police, but it is not yet clear whether the US government will support the converting of the UN MSS peace surgery, which would make financing safer.
