Haiti police exec shot dead

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) — The head of Haiti’s National Police Academy was shot dead Friday in a gang-plagued part of the capital Port-au-Prince, officials told AFP, the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the violencetorn Caribbean nation.

Harington Rigaud “was shot in the head not far from the academy,” said police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers, adding that the attackers also stole Rigaud’s vehicle and kidnapped his driver.

The attack took place in a neighborhood controlled by gang leader Vitelhomme Innocent, who is wanted in the US over his participation in the kidnapping of 16 American missionaries in October 2021.

US authorities have offered up to $1 million for information leading to his capture.