France, March 5 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international police mission, to be lead by Kenya.

Haiti's capital was largely shut down Monday with residents only venturing out for essentials, reporters witnessed, as authorities imposed a state of emergency and a curfew after a weekend attack on a prison freed thousands of inmates.

As the latest crisis spiraled, Prime Minister Ariel Henry was expected to return to the country after a trip to Kenya to push for the deployment of a UN-backed multinational police mission.

The mission- initially approved in October by the UN Security Council for one year- had ...