Haiti kidnappers seize bus carrying 14 children

Armed kidnappers hijacked a school bus carrying 14 children in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, police said.

The bus was taking the children to school when several armed men stopped it, boarded it and drove off down a main road.

Police said the kidnappers contacted the children’s families and demanded $50,000 (€42,675) for their release. The children are aged 5-17.

Also yesterday, gunmen shot and kidnapped US missionary Phillip Snyder as he was driving on a road north of the capital, police said.

Police believe the two kidnappings are unrelated.