Assassination of Police Officers in Liancourt: Haitian National Police Condemns and Announces Proportionate Responses
By Gedeon Delva · Port-au-Prince
· 2 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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The Haitian National Police reacted following the death of police officers in Liancourt. In a statement issued this Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the police institution rigorously condemns the act perpetrated by armed bandits, which cost the lives of three (3) police officers. It announces that proportionate responses will be given to the criminals.
« The Haitian National Police (PNH) rigorously condemns the act of cruelty perpetrated by armed bandits which cost the lives of three (3) brave police officers, in the commune of Liancourt, Artibonite department, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, during an ambush, » reads the police institution's statement.
« In the face of these heinous and barbaric acts, proportionate responses will be given to the criminals by the PNH. To this end, firm instructions have been given by the Commander-in-Chief of the PNH, Rameau NORMIL, to the jurisdictional police officials, to intensify operations against armed gangs in the Artibonite department until their last stronghold, » the statement adds.
Four (4) police officers from the Departmental Law Enforcement Unit (UDMO), on patrol near the police station aboard an armored vehicle, were caught in an ambush. The armored vehicle fell into a ditch and was then set on fire by the bandits.
In this attack, three police officers were unfortunately killed, another is missing, and the last one managed to escape. Furthermore, an informant also died, the PNH explained.
In these painful circumstances, the Haitian National Police expresses its sincere condolences to the family members of the slain police officers, to their colleagues, and to all those affected by the loss of these valiant fighters.
In conclusion, the PNH wishes to reiterate that the blood of these valiant police officers, shed in the line of duty, must be a source of motivation for their brothers in arms. It calls for strengthening esprit de corps and working tirelessly to continue the anti-gang fight throughout the national territory, to definitively put an end to the barbarity of all armed groups.
