Police in Haiti blame gang for killing 3 officers
Haiti’s National Police says it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blamed on gang members
By AP News
Published - Sep 15, 2022, 11:35 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 24, 2023, 09:59 AM EDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police said it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blamed on gang members.
The agency said Wednesday that a gang called “Ti Makak,” which means Little Macaques, killed the officers on Tuesday in Laboule, a largely gated community located just south of Port-au-Prince.
It is also the site of recent turf wars between gangs that have led to other killings in the area, including two journalists who were fatally shot and set on fire in January and a former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and his nephew who were killed in August in the same fashion.
Police said they have opened an investigation into what it called an “odious and repugnant” act.
