Police in Haiti say officers shot and killed former rebel leader Wilfort Ferdinand

Port-Aau-Prince, Haiti (AP) -haiti’s national police spokesman said in a statement on Thursday that officers killed formerly the former rebel Ferdinand after accusing of opening a fire at a police checkpoint in the coastal town Gonaïves.

Ferdinand was a suspicious gang leader who played an important role in the 2004 uprising. Jean -berand Aristide.

Police spokesman Michel-Cenge Louis Jeune told Associated Press on Tuesday’s fire, “the police had no intention of killing anyone,” he said.

He said Ferdinand was approaching the control point in a car with colorful windows to only support and kill an unidentified person who returned to fire and then travels with him and travels with him.

Jeune said it was a routine checkpoint aimed at breaking the Kokorat San Ras gang operating in it. Artibonitis Zone And it is known for its extreme intensity.

Local media reported that heavy gunfires were heard in the area shortly after killing.

The terrible pictures of killing were shared on social media and revealed ongoing protests in Gonaïves, which closed things.

Ferdinand was known as Ti Wil from the kaly and led the Artibonit resistance front. He was an ally Guy PhilippeAnother old rebel leader.