8 including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage
KENSCOFF, HAITI, AUG 3 – The kidnapping by Viv Ansanm gang federation highlights Haiti's escalating violence, with over 1.3 million displaced and 3,100 deaths in early 2025, officials said.
- Nine people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, were kidnapped from an orphanage in Haiti on Sunday, according to officials.
- Gena Heraty, the director of the Sainte-Hélène orphanage, was among those taken during the attack, as reported by Mayor Massillon Jean.
- The attackers broke through a wall to enter the property, according to Jean.
- No demands or ransom requests have been made following the kidnapping, as reported by an AFP source.
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Gena Heraty: Family of Irishwoman kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti ask people to 'keep her in your hearts'
Ms Heraty, who has worked in the Caribbean country for decades, was among eight people, including a three-year-old child, taken from an orphanage on Sunday.
Mass Kidnapping at Haitian Orphanage Deepens National Crisis - teleSUR English
Armed gunmen stormed the Saint-Hélène orphanage on Sunday, abducting eight individuals, including Irish missionary Gena Heraty and a 3-year-old child, in a chilling escalation of gang violence that has paralyzed communities near Port-au-Prince. The attack, which involved assailants breaching the orphanage wall before seizing hostages, is believed to be the work of Viv Ansanm, a powerful gang alliance recently designated a foreign terrorist organ…
Unknown individuals kidnapped seven adults and a three-year-old child from an orphanage in Haiti overnight. The orphanage is located near the capital, Port-au-Prince, in an area that has been regularly attacked by criminal gangs since January. This was also the case this past weekend. No one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, but it is believed one of the gangs is behind it to collect ransom money. One of the kidnapped employees is t…
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