At least four Adventist Christians were abducted while offering a live worship service via Facebook last night in the town of Carrefour, south of Port-au-Prince.
“Around 9pm (local time) three heavily armed men burst into the room, aimed their weapons and kidnapped the 4 people. The kidnappers were moving in two acts,” he said in a radio interview Figaro Greger, President of the Creole Gospel Ministry.
The victims are Pastor Estimé Audalus and the faithful Welmyr Jean Pierre, Francisco Derival and Steven Jerome. “The name of Jesus is so sweet!” They sang when they were kidnapped.
Greger lamented the “unfortunate” incident and called on the kidnappers to release the four Adventist Christians. He claimed that so far those who executed the plagiarism have not communicated to demand ransom.
“Prayer is our weapon. If God allows this to happen, He knows why and (has) the ability to be able to set them free,” Greger told the capital’s RTVC radio station.
“It is very unfortunate for the country, it is very unfortunate that this is the situation we live in,” added the religious head of the Gospel Kreyol Ministry, which leads a well-known choir in Haiti aimed at evangelizing virtually.
The video of the secret, widely circulated on social media, has sparked a big wave of outrage among Haitians who are desperate.
The film shows the terrified religious trying to hide while a man with a long gun places them on the broadcast stage and forces them to leave with him.
In Haiti, dozens of people have been abducted from their homes, offices and on the streets and this time inside during a cult broadcast live on social media.
Haitian President Jovenel Moise recently called on the country’s political actors to reach a coexistence agreement to address rising insecurity and the proliferation of street protests demanding his removal from power.
Armed gangs have taken territorial control in various parts of the Haitian capital and to a lesser extent in other cities in the country.
Kidnappings are the order of the day in America’s most depressed country, while Moise delivers a pulse with the opposition, which demands his exit from power, while he says his term ends on February 7. of 2022.