Kenyan police working under the UN-backed security mission in Haiti at the weekend exchanged fire with gangs as they sought to liberate parts of Gauthier town near the border of the Dominican Republic. It is this arsenal-delivery route that the Kenyan officers under the UN-backed Multinational Security System Support (MSS) Mission were seeking to strangle. Gun battleGeneral Commander of the United Nations-supported MSS Mission Godfrey Otunge on Sunday told the Nation that a gun battle that lasted hours. During the Saturday attack, Mr Otunge said, lobbed petrol bombs at the Kenyan elite squad to scare them away. In other videos, a residence where police used to reside within Gauthier Town was completely burned down during the face-off between the officers and the gangs.

Source: Daily Nation July 28, 2024 15:41 UTC