The director of Haiti's National Police Academy was shot and killed at the doors of a police training facility in a gang-controlled neighbourhood in the country's capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian police said Friday night.
The Associated PressA mother carries her son past a burning barricade during a protest against the government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 18. Harington Rigaud, director of Haiti's National Police Academy, has been killed, police say.
The killing of Harington Rigaud is just the latest in a number of attacks against law enforcement, including the killings of police officers and attacks on official buildings. It also comes as Haitian and international authorities grapple with how to control rampant gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
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