17 missionaries, including 5 children, kidnapped in Haiti, ministry says
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Seventeen missionaries, including five children, have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to the ministry the group is affiliated with.
Seventeen missionaries, including five children, have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to the ministry the group they are affiliated with.
The Ohio-based ministry Christian Aid Ministries confirmed in a statement that a group of 17 people, 16 Americans and 1 Canadian, were "abducted" while on a trip to an orphanage on Saturday.
"We request urgent prayer for the group of Christian Aid Ministries workers who were abducted while on a trip to visit an orphanage on Saturday, October 16," the statement read Sunday. "We are seeking God's direction for a resolution, and authorities are seeking ways to help."
Five men, seven women and five children are among the group, according to the ministry.