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A missionary taken hostage at an orphanage in Haiti has been released along with seven others, nearly a month after they were abducted. The group included a 3-year-old child and several Haitian nationals.

Gena Heraty, an Irish aid worker based in Haiti for over three decades, was kidnapped on Aug. 3 from the orphanage she oversaw in Kenscoff, a mountainous area outside Port-au-Prince, according to The Guardian . She was held along with seven Haitians, including the child, until their release was confirmed last Wednesday.

The group was reportedly taken when armed men broke through a wall around 3:30 a.m. local time and stormed the compound where the orphanage director and staff lived. The attackers moved directly to the building where Heraty was staying and left with nine ho

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