A Kenyan police officer in Haiti, together with his colleague, is currently nursing serious injuries after a gunshot to the head during deadly clashes with Haitian gangs over the past week.
The new turn of events was revealed by three officers who were speaking on the condition of anonymity and disclosed that the officer was shot in the head after a bullet pierced his helmet, and the other was hit in the ear when a gunshot penetrated the walls of an armoured vehicle.
The officers who were speaking to Reuters informed the officers that they were injured during routine patrols in the capital of Port-au-Prince, in a development that was confirmed by the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission spokesperson, Jack Ombaka. "As in any mission, casualties are sometimes unavoidable," he told Reuters while adding that the officers had been evacuated to the Dominican Republic for specialised treatment.
The fourth contingent of Kenyan police officers arriving at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport (TLIA) in Haiti on February 6, 2025.
