Haiti police block streets, break into airport to protest officer killings

27/1/2023 6:13

        Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation.
        
        Protesters in civilian clothes who identified themselves as police first attacked Prime Minister Ariel Henry's official residence, according to a Reuters witness, and then flooded the airport as Henry was arriving from a trip to Argentina.
        
        Haiti's National Police and the Prime Minister's Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
        
        One video filmed by local media showed a group of men, some of them wearing shirts with the word "Police" written on them, heatedly arguing with uniformed officers at the airport and then appearing to walk past the officers without struggle.
        
        Roads around Port-au-Prince and in several cities to the north were blocked by protesters.