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Kidnapped nun freed in Haiti after Catholic Church pays ransom

Posted : Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:32:44 GMT
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Port-au-Prince/Essen, Germany - A Catholic nun kidnapped 10 days ago in Haiti was freed after the payment of a ransom of "less than 5,000 US dollars," a spokesman for the Catholic aid organization Adveniat said Monday in the western Germany city of Essen. The nun, a member of the order of the Little Sisters of Saint Therese, was released unharmed by organized criminals after being abducted while riding a public bus in Haiti.

The criminals originally demanded around 100,000 dollars for the release of the 35-year-old woman, who was wearing a nun's habit.

According to the Adveniat statement, a nun was last kidnapped in Haiti three years ago.

Organized criminals have recently discovered the business of kidnapping, with several kidnap attempts made in the last weeks.

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