The officer’s death appeared to be the first among the Kenyan forces that were sent to Haiti last year as part of an international effort to subdue gang violence.

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

Haitian police officers are demanding better protection and treatment a day after gunmen killed a Kenyan policeman who was part of a U.N.-backed mission tasked with fighting gangs in the troubled Cari