A 3-year-old toddler and seven adults, including a longtime missionary, who were kidnapped in the early morning Sunday in Haiti remain in the hands of armed gangs. The kidnapping occurred after a security breach at the Saint Hélène Orphanage in Kenscoff in the hills above gang-ridden Port-au-Prince.

Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a "planned act", officials say.

The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.