ハイチ：警備任務のケニア人警察官、殉職1名発生

　これはケニア人警官の最初の死者であるとのこと。

BBC Kenyan police officer killed confronting gang members in Haiti 13 hours ago

Vanessa Buschschlüter

　昨年6月以来、崩壊状態のハイチ首都の治安改善のため配置されていたケニアの警察。ついに殉職者発生。
　Samuel Kitwaiというのが彼の名。26歳。

「A Kenyan police officer who was on patrol with the international security force in Haiti has been killed in a confrontation with gang members.

The officer, 26-year-old Police Constable Samuel Kitwai, is the first casualty suffered by the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission (MSS).」

「The force was sent to Haiti in June last year to help restore order to the country, where gangs have seized control of almost the entire capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as large swathes of rural areas.」

　ギャング団と対峙し、その結果としての死亡。痛ましいことで、しかしその名誉は大いに賞賛すべきところと思う。

「The commander of the multinational force, Gen Godfrey Otunge, said Constable Kitwai had been injured in Artibonite, a region north of the capital.

Gen Otunge said the officer had been immediately airlifted to hospital, where he died a short while later. His family has been notified.」

　故郷を遠く離れ、世界人民の人権擁護のために死んだ人物である。
　何をするというわけではないが、連帯の意思だけは示しておこう。

「He added that the multinational force would "pursue these gangs to the last man standing".

A spokesman for Kenya's National Police Service added that the MSS was working "tirelessly" in collaboration with Haiti's police force to restore peace and stability in the Caribbean country.」