Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in gang ambush

FILE PHOTO: Garry Conille attends a ceremony with members of the transition council where he is presented as Haiti's interim Prime Minister, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of the capital controlled by gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier.

A group of armed men working under Cherizier ambushed a patrol from the police's anti-gang unit in the Delmas 18 neighborhood on Sunday and set it on fire, police in the Caribbean country said.