Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Haitian gang demands $17m for release of kidnapped missionaries

A gang which kidnapped 17 missionaries in Haiti is demanding $1m in ransom for each person, according to the Haitian justice minister.


The American and Canadian missionaries were returning from a visit to an orphanage on Saturday when the bus they were travelling in was seized.


Five children were among those taken.


Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports


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