‘We want closure’: family searches for answers over Kenyan police officer missing in Haiti

Haitian media reported that Benedict Kuria had died in an ambush, but the Kenyan police service says a search for him is continuing. Photograph: Edwin Ndeke/The Guardian

The relatives of a Kenyan police officer who went missing while working in Haiti have spoken of their anguish and anger at Kenyan authorities over a lack of definitive information about what has happened to him.

Benedict Kuria and some colleagues were ambushed in March by suspected gang members. Haitian media reported that he had died, but Kenya’s police service says a search is continuing.