A Kenyan police officer deployed to Haiti was killed in an operation on Sunday, marking the first reported fatality among the personnel in the mission to stabilise the Caribbean nation.
The officer, a member of the National Police Service's Border Patrol Unit, was injured during an operation in Ségur-Savien, in the Artibonite region north of Port-au-Prince.
He was airlifted to Aspen Level 2 Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries, according to Multinational Security Support (MSS) Force Commander Geoffrey Otunge.
The Kenyan government said that they have notified the officer's family and pledged its support. "Today, Sunday, February 23, 2025, one of our MSS officers from the Kenyan contingent was injured during an operation in Ségur-Savien, in the Artibonite department.