The Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti has indicated that a Kenyan police officer died on Sunday, February 23. This is after he sustained life threatening injuries during an operation.
According to a report by the MSS, the officer, drawn from the Artibonite department, was injured during an operation in SÉGUR – SAVIEN. He was ultimately airlifted to Aspen Hospital, a level-2 facility where he eventually succumbed to his injuries.
“Today, Sunday, February 23rd, 2025, one of our MSS officers from the Kenyan contingent was injured during an operation in SÉGUR – SAVIEN, in the Artibonite department. The officer was immediately airlifted to Aspen Level 2 Hospital but, unfortunately, succumbed to the injuries,” the statement read.
Earlier in the day, the MSS had reported that the officer had been injured during the operation at Pont Sonde and was receiving treatment. This update came just a few days after the mission denied claims that some police officers attached to the mission had been killed by Haiti gangs during their operations in the war-torn nation.
“The Propagandists started spreading malicious Information that MSS has lost some soldiers in Kenscoff (a commune in Haiti). I want to retaliate that MSS has not lost any of its personnel in any gang confrontation in Kenscoff. The most recent propaganda is the misinformation that the MSS Force Commander is criticizing operations and placing blame on the PNH.”a statement on February 21 read.
They scoffed at the peddlers of the news describing them as defeatists and warning the gangs that their days were numbered.
The statement also debunked information that MSS personnel and Haiti National Police (PNH) officers had been caught up in a friendly fire leading to even more deaths, stating that the two sides had trained together and thus such a situation was impossible.