The Hill
BY LEXI LONAS – 10/16/21 10:54 PM EDT
Haiti officials say up to 17 American missionaries have been kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, The New York Times reported.
The Christian missionaries were leaving an orphanage and traveling to the airport to drop some members off when they were kidnapped by a gang inPort-au-Prince.
Haitian officials were shocked by the act of abducting such a large group of Americans despite how common kidnappings have become in the country, The Times reports.