Feared Haiti gang leader Makandal was on Wednesday killed alongside his accomplices during a fierce shootout with police in Pétion-Ville, a suburb located on the southeastern side of the Caribbean nation.
A report shared by Haiti Police revealed that the gang leader was allegedly killed after city residents joined law enforcement in attacking the gang leader and his associates.
In what underscored the worrying situation in the war-torn country, as soon as the gang leader and his fellow gang members were killed, their bodies were dragged along the city streets for several hours.
The residents then set their bodies ablaze. Reports suggest that the gang leader’s house was also set on fire.
According to reports, a section of the Haiti residents had formed a vigilante group which was aimed at curbing the resurgence of criminals within Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.
Reports further suggest that police officers drawn from the Haiti security forces also formed part of the vigilante groups to help deal with the anarchy sparked by the gangs.
In a similar incident a year ago, a group of Port-au-Prince residents killed and set fire to about 12 men believed to be gang members causing Havoc in the city.
According to reports, as of Wednesday, March 20, about 15 people had been killed in attacks around Petion-Ville.
This is after another Haiti gang leader "Barbeque" threatened he would go after hotel owners hiding old-guard politicians.
The latest developments come even as Kenya continues to prepare for the deployment of its police to Haiti.
On March 1, Kenya signed a deal with the Haitian government, formalising the deployment of 1,000 police officers to the war-torn Caribbean nation.
The deal which was signed by Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki and the Haiti Security Minister at the State House in Nairobi was witnessed by President William Ruto and Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry who has since resigned.
