Robertho Charleston, agent III at the PNNH Departmental Unit for Maintaining Order. Photo courtesy of Lionel Lazarre
Robertho Charleston, agent III at the PNNH Departmental Unit for Maintaining Order. Photo courtesy of Lionel Lazarre

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Police were searching for bandits late Thursday who killed an officer and set his body on fire during an ambush the day prior by armed gangs in Source Matelas, a hamlet outside the capital city where a massacre occurred in April.

"These criminals’ more than reprehensible act will not go unpunished," Haitian National Police (PNH) officials said in a note on Facebook on May 18.  "The operations already conducted by the PNH specialized forces to track down and apprehend the thugs will continue"

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I am Juhakenson Blaise, a journalist based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I cover the news that develops in this city and deals with other subjects related to the experience of Haitians for the Haitian Times newspaper. I am also a lover of poetry.