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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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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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TVA Nouvelles broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
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