Kenscoff, a quiet mountainous suburb southeast of Port-au-Prince, is increasingly proving perilous for Kenyan officers deployed to Haiti under the multinational peacekeeping mission.
On Sunday, three Haitian soldiers succumbed to injuries sustained during an ambush by armed gangs while on a joint security patrol with local and Kenyan officers under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS).
According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office of the Republic of Haiti, the three soldiers succumbed following the ambush during the patrol, amid reports that four others were injured in the ambush and their status remains unknown. ''It is with deep sadness and deep emotion that the Government of the Republic announces the loss of three of our valiant soldiers, who fell this Sunday in Kenscoff in the exercise of their sacred duty.
On the front lines, they faced danger with courage, determination, and honour.
