New Hampshire nurse, child abducted from Haitian Christian ministry

An American nurse and her young child were kidnapped in Haiti on Thursday morning, the faith-based organization her husband runs said.

Alix Dorsainvil and the child, who was not named, were abducted from a Christian campus near Port au Prince, the country’s capital, while conducting community ministry services, according to El Roi Haiti.

The conditions surrounding the pair’s kidnapping were not shared, but the US State Department said it was working toward their safe return.

“We are aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” a spokesperson said in a statement. “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.”