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North American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti freed: Police | Crime News


The remaining 12 Canadian and US missionaries kidnapped in October by the 400 Mawozo gang now released, police said.

A group of Canadian and US missionaries kidnapped in October by a gang in Haiti has been released, police said on Thursday.

The group of hostages, which originally numbered 17 people, travelled to the Caribbean nation on a trip organised by Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries.

The missionaries were abducted by a gang known as 400 Mawozo after visiting an orphanage, Haitian authorities said, and five of the hostages had been released in recent weeks.

The kidnappings came amid a surge in gang violence in Haiti, which has seen heightened political instability following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July.

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