Kenyan-led Haiti mission records first casualty during operation in Port-au-Prince
The officer died from injuries sustained in the firefight, marking a grim moment for the multinational mission.
The Kenyan-led peace enforcement mission in Haiti has suffered its first casualty since deployment, as a Kenyan police officer succumbed to injuries sustained during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince.
"On Sunday, February 23, 2025, one of our MSS officers from the Kenyan contingent was injured during an operation in SEGUR-SAVIEN, in the Artibonite department. The officer was immediately airlifted to Aspen Level 2 Hospital but, unfortunately, succumbed to the injuries," read a Monday morning statement from MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otungr.
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The officer died from injuries sustained in the firefight, marking a grim moment for the multinational mission.
Hundreds of ill-equipped Kenyan police officers, alongside a smaller contingent of soldiers from Caribbean nations, are deployed in Haiti as part of the peace enforcement mission aimed at quelling gang violence and restoring order in the crisis-hit nation.
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