Gang violence in Haiti forces Farmers to flee as missionary, child among 8 kidnapped

Armed gangs have once again plunged a Haitian community into fear and paralysis after gunmen stormed a local orphanage on Sunday, abducting eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child.

The attack targeted the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, a once-thriving agricultural area near Port-au-Prince, now overrun by a violent gang alliance known as “Viv Ansanm”, which has been designated a foreign terrorist…