Dar es Salaam, March 26 -- NAIROBI: A Kenyan police officer deployed in Haiti as part of the international security force has gone missing after an attack by suspected gang members.

The force was attacked by gangs as they were helping a vehicle from the Haitian national police that got stuck in a ditch, the mission said in a statement.

“As the rescue teams attempted to resolve the situation, suspected gang members lying in wait launched an attack,” it added.

Following the attack, specialised teams have been deployed to conduct a search for the missing officer.

The attack happened on Tuesday during a patrol operation in the town of Pont-Sondé, the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to Haiti said.

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