Haitian police officers Monday demanded better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan police officer who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.

A Kenyan police officer who was on patrol with the international security force in Haiti has been killed in a confrontation with gang members. The officer, 26-year-old Police Constable Samuel Kitwai, is the first casualty suffered by the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission (MSS).

The National Police Service has expressed regret following the demise of a cop who succumbed to injuries during an operation in Ségur-Savien in Haiti.

Kenyan authorities say one of their officers sent to Haiti to help rein in violent gangs was killed in an operation in the countryside.

The spokesman of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, Jack Ombaka, has described as a “hero” the first casualty of the MSS, who died from injuries sustained during an anti-gang operation on Sunday.

Godfrey Otunge, the commander of the Kenyan forces in Haiti, said the shooting happened in the western Artibonite region. The injured officer died.

Kenya recorded its first casualty in Haiti after a Kenyan police officer succumbed to injuries sustained during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince.

The National Police Service (NPS) has released a statement regarding the Kenyan police officer who died in the line of duty while serving under the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti.