{"id":15493,"date":"2024-07-01T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15493"},"modified":"2024-07-01T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:58:24","slug":"nps-dismisses-reports-of-kenyan-police-deaths-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15493","title":{"rendered":"NPS Dismisses Reports of Kenyan Police Deaths in Haiti."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/unnamed-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 750px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed reports that some of its officers deployed to Haiti on a U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission have been killed. This follows online claims that seven officers had been killed in the war-torn Caribbean nation as armed gangs increased pressure on the deployed troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An image widely circulated over the weekend showed a recent photo of Kenyan police patrolling a street in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, with text alleging that the officers had been reported dead. The text read, \u201c7 Kenya police reported dead in Haiti aki [President William Ruto] God will never forgive you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday morning, NPS termed the image as fake. The police service did not provide further information about the mission or the state of the Kenyan troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first batch of about 400 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on June 25. Kenyan President William Ruto had ceremonially seen the police off a day earlier in Nairobi, describing it as a &#8220;historic&#8221; mission of solidarity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed reports that some of its officers deployed to Haiti on a U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission have been killed. This follows online claims that seven officers had been killed in the war-torn Caribbean nation as armed gangs increased pressure on the deployed troops. 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