The National Police Service (NPS) has broken its silence just hours after the latest attack by suspected gang members in Haiti.
In a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, the NPS confirmed that the fate of a Kenyan officer remained unknown following an ambush by the gang on the Multinational Security Support (MSS) team. "National Police Service has been notified that a Kenyan Police officer serving under the Kenyan-Led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti is missing," the statement read.
In their statement, the NPS neither confirmed nor denied whether the Kenyan police officer was killed in the ambush, but affirmed that a rescue operation was underway in collaboration with the Haitian National Police to recover the missing Kenyan.
Kenyan police officer during an operation in Haiti on July 17, 2024.
