FOUR HAITIAN POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN 15 DAYS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Four Haitian
National Police officers have been shot in cold blood over the past 15 days in
the lead-up to the United Nations Security Council vote to extend the mission
of its peacekeeping force in Haiti.
PNH Spokesman Garry Desrosiers spoke
an interview Thursday morning where he detailed the attack on Officer Pierre
Borgelon who was shot 12 times in the evening of Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
The attack took place in the
officer’s very own neighborhood and police believe at least two shooters took
part.
According to testimonies collected
on site, the killers fled with the officer’s service weapon in the direction of
Grand Ravine in Martissant, where heavy fire of various calibres were heard
shortly after, a Report é Desrosiers inspector.
Desrosiers said Borgelon was the
fourth officer shot in 15 days. Other recent officer deaths that have made
headlines:
On October 2, 2015, Officer
Francisco Gideon, was found dead that morning at Delmas 19, Zone 1. The officer
was not shot. His body was found near his damaged motorcycle. He may have been
the victim of a hit and run.
On October 1, 2015 an officer in
civilian attire was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen on motorcycles at
Toussaint Louverture Boulevard and Piste.
On September 14, 2015, two police
officers were shot dead in the commune of Cité Soleil. Officers Edouard occil
and porcenat Banarve were shot multiple times by unidentified individuals.
It s been noted by human rights
organizations that there is always an uptick in violence before the annual UNSC
meeting. This rise in insecurity is used to justify the presence of the UN
peacekeeping mission, now in Haiti 11 years.
In the context of democracy, the UN
Stabilization Mission had not made an advancement. Haiti, is under the control
of a totalitarian regime after being a democracy of 5,000 elected officials
nationwide.
MINUSTAH had assisted in suppressing
protests for elections in recent years and now, with Haiti in a institutional
crisis, is working with others in the international community to proceed with
an electoral process deemed dangerous and fraudulent.
This is very Sad News. RIP
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