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.

Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remain missing after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti

Irish missionary Gena Heraty, who oversees an orphanage in Haiti, has been kidnaped alongside seven workers and a three-year-old child

AFP reports that Ms Heraty has lived in Haiti since 1993 and she runs the orphanage which cares for up to 270 children. In April 2021, two French priests were kidnapped with eight