RCMP collaborating with Haitian, U.S. authorities after Canadian missionary kidnapped
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"The RCMP takes this situation very seriously and is collaborating with Haitian and American policing authorities on this incident," a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they are collaborating with Haitian and American authorities after a Canadian missionary was kidnapped east of the capital of Port-au-Prince over the weekend in gang-related violence.
The Canadian was among 17 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries who were abducted by the notoriously violent 400 Mawozo gang as they were leaving an orphanage on Sunday. The rest were U.S. citizens.
“The RCMP takes this situation very seriously and is collaborating with Haitian and American policing authorities on this incident,” a police spokesperson said on Tuesday, in an emailed statement to Global News.
The RCMP said it would not provide further details, as the police unit “does not comment on ongoing investigations conducted by other countries.”
In an updated statement, Christian Aid Ministries said the five children who were abducted ranged from eight months to 15 years of age. The 12 adults being held captive, who consisted of five men and seven women, ranged from 18 to 48 years old.
The religious group said the work done by the missionaries supported “thousands of needy school children, distributing Bibles and Christian literature, supplying medicines for numerous clinics, teaching Haitian pastors, and providing food for the elderly and vulnerable.”
In recent months, Christian Aid Ministries said they were “actively involved in coordinating a rebuilding project for those who lost their homes in the August 2021 earthquake.”
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