Last of group of 10 Catholic hostages, including two French nationals, freed in Haiti


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 May 2021

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The last six of 10 hostages who were kidnapped in Haiti earlier this month were released on Friday, including four Catholic priests and two French citizens, according to a senior church leader of the Caribbean nation.

The group of 10, five priests and two nuns among them, were initially taken at gunpoint from the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets, northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince, on April 11.

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