Haitian gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries

People protest carrying a banner with a message that reads in Creole: ‘No to kidnappings, no to violence against women! Long live Christian Aid Ministries’ (Joseph Odelyn/AP)

The leader of a Haitian gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group has threatened to kill them if he does not get what he is demanding.

The video posted on social media shows 400 Mawozo gang leader Wilson Joseph dressed in a blue suit, carrying a blue hat and wearing a large cross around his neck.