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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evens Sanon

A police union in Haiti demands more protection a day after gangs kill a Kenyan policeman

Haiti Security - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Haitian police officers on Monday demanded better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan policeman who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.

Garry Jean Baptiste, leader of one of two powerful police unions in Haiti, called on government officials to provide more equipment and backup as gangs that control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, keep attacking neighborhoods to seize more territory.

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