{"id":110933,"date":"2025-02-24T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/police-officer-killed-in-haiti-identified-as-26-year-old-constable\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:04:11","slug":"police-officer-killed-in-haiti-identified-as-26-year-old-constable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-officer-killed-in-haiti-identified-as-26-year-old-constable\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer killed in Haiti identified as 26-year-old Constable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 26\u2014The Kenyan police officer who succumbed to injuries sustained in a gun battle with Haitian gangs has been identified as Police Constable Samuel Kitwai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kitwai, 26, became the first officer to die in the line of duty under the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS).<\/p>\n<p>The National Police Service (NPS) confirmed on Monday that Kitwai was among a team of security personnel ambushed by suspected gang members while on patrol on February 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officer sustained gunshot wounds and was rushed to the hospital, where he, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries,\u201d the NPS stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the MSS, the attack occurred during an operation in S\u00e9gur-Savien, located in Haiti\u2019s Artibonite department.<\/p>\n<p>The NPS has notified Kitwai\u2019s family of his passing and pledged to support them as they mourn his loss.<\/p>\n<p>While offering condolences to the officer\u2019s family and friends, the NPS reaffirmed its commitment to restoring peace in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Multinational Security Support Mission, in collaboration with the Haitian National Police (HNP), continues to work tirelessly to restore peace and stability in Haiti,\u201d the NPS stated.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also commended officers serving in Haiti for their dedication to fulfilling the mission\u2019s mandate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 26\u2014The Kenyan police officer who succumbed to injuries sustained in a gun battle with Haitian gangs has been identified as Police Constable Samuel Kitwai. Kitwai, 26, became the first officer to die in the line of duty under the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS). The National Police Service (NPS) confirmed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}