New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Heavily armed gang members killed two Haitian police officers in the latest deadly attack on law enforcement in the troubled Caribbean country, officials said Wednesday.

The officers attacked late Tuesday were members of a new specialized unit tasked with patrolling Kenscoff, a once peaceful farming community that gangs are trying to seize. It is located near the capital, Port-au-Prince, of which 90% is already controlled by gangs.

Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesperson for Haiti's National Police, told The Associated Press that the policemen were inside an armored vehicle that became stuck in a ditch dug by gangs and were killed as they tried to escape.

In a video posted on social media, gang members gloated over bo...