Kenya deploys more police officers to Haiti to tackle gang violence

NAIROBI, KENYA — 

Kenya's interior curate said the eastbound African federation has deployed different 217 constabulary officers to Haiti arsenic portion of a multinational unit to curb pack violence.

Kipchumba Murkomen said successful a connection Saturday that the constabulary officers near Kenya connected Friday.

"The Kenya-led ngo has made tremendous advancement successful reducing pack violence, earning praise crossed the globe," said Mukomen, who shared a photograph of himself with immoderate of the officers aboard a plane.

Kenya's "commitment to this historical ngo is unwavering," helium said.

Kenya archetypal sent troops to the Caribbean federation successful June and the full deployment present exceeds 600. Kenya's President William Ruto has pledged to deploy 1,000 troops arsenic portion of the United Nations-backed unit successful Haiti.

Gang unit has near much than 700,000 Haitians stateless successful caller years, with galore crowding into makeshift and unsanitary shelters aft gunmen razed their homes.

More than 5,600 radical were reported killed crossed Haiti past year, according to the United Nations. The fig of killings accrued by much than 20% compared with each of 2023, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office. In addition, much than 2,200 radical were reported injured and astir 1,500 kidnapped, it said.