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that one of the victims posted a call for help on what sapp, an international messaging service as they were being taken by an armed gang. we cannot verify the awe authenticity of this message. kidnappings have surged this year. 628 kidnappings have taken place since january acacording to a human rights group. so u.s. officials say they are aware of the report but what steps will the state department take. they are not saying more at this time other than they re aware of this report and they re reiterating the safety and the welfare of those abroad. this is something they re very focused on but they have not confirmed yet what we re reporting. according to a source in haiti there was 17 americans accounted for. this happened when they were going from an orphanage to a place in the northern part of the country. these americans are from a christian based organization in ohio. we re still trying to confirm that on our end. but this looks like it is a tremendously difficult and
KidnappingGang-membersHaitiMissionaries17GroupAdultsOrphanageVillageSourceCnnMinors taken place since january according to a human rights group based in port-au-prince. a haitian transportation union has now called for an indefinite strike tomorrow in protest of the spike in kidnappings in haiti. cnn s kylie at wood joining me now from the state department. what steps are u.s. officials able to take? the state department says they are aware of these reports, but that s all that the spokesperson here at the department is saying right now. we haven t heard anything from the white house with regard to these reports, but, of course, significant that now this christian aid organization based in ohio is confirming the details, saying that there were 16 americans, one canadian, who were kidnapped in haiti while they were going to an orphanage. they were there, of course, for mercenary work. some of these folks that were kidnapped were children. five of them according to what this christian aid organization is putting out. all eyes on the state department, on the
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