Haiti: Police Personnel Protest The Killing Of Officers

Police personnel in Haiti on Friday protested against the killings of police officers. They entered the airport and vandalised Prime Minister Ariel Henry's official residence. Reuters reports that 78 police personnel have been killed since July 2021. Last week, four police personnel were killed by a gang. Haiti is deeply affected by gang violence.

Updated: 28 Jan 2023 3:21 pm

Haiti Police Protest | Photo: AP/Odelyn Joseph

Armed and masked police officers makes a truck driver back up his truck to use as barricade during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Armed police officers stands with his weapons drawn during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A police officer tries to calm down another police officer dressed in street clothes as he tries to enter the police headquarters during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Armed and masked police officers move forward on a motorcycle during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Armed police officers stands with weapons drawn in front of the police headquarters during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A streets vendor walks past a burning barricade that was set up by members of the police as they protest bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A woman with her daughter walks past a barricade that was set up by members of the police as they protest bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Police officers salute the Haitian flag at half mast inside the police headquarters compound during a protest to denounce bad police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Protesters enter inside the courtyard of the international airport during a demonstration to denounce poor police governance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.