U.S. Missionary Freed After Ransom Is Paid
Phillip Snyder, an American missionary who had been shot and kidnapped, was released after his attackers received a ransom, Haitian police said.
Commissioner Francois Henri Doussous, head of Haiti’s anti-kidnapping unit, said the sum was “much less” than the $300,000 the kidnappers initially sought. It was not immediately clear who paid the ransom.
Doussous said the kidnappers were members of criminal gangs based in Cite Soleil, a sprawling seaside slum.
Snyder, 48, was treated for a wound to his shoulder, police said.
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