American Abducted In Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Armed kidnappers seized an American missionary as he left his church near Haiti’s capital and have demanded a ransom for his release, U.N. police said yesterday.
An American citizen of Haitian descent, Nathan Jean-Bieubonne was snatched Sunday afternoon as he and three others drove home from church in Croix-de-Bouquets, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, U.N. police spokesman Fred Blaise said. The kidnappers surrounded Mr. Jean-Bieubonne’s all-terrain vehicle and forced him out at gunpoint while leaving the other three passengers, Mr. Blaise said.
“The men who kidnapped him are in touch with the family to demand the ransom,” Mr. Blaise said, declining to discuss the amount.
Mr. Blaise said a U.N. anti-kidnapping task force was working with Haitian police to recover Mr. Jean-Bieubonne.
