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| Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| Swiss man kidnapped in troubled Haiti |
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Three gunmen kidnapped a Swiss man from a community
southeast of the Haitian capital over the weekend, U.N. police said Monday.
Thomas Noreinne, whose age and profession were not immediately known, was seized from
an SUV in Petionville, a district near Port-au-Prince that is home to many foreigners and
diplomats, U.N. police spokesman Fred Blaze said.
Officials with the Swiss embassy in Port-au-Prince confirmed that a kidnapping took
place late Saturday but would not provide more details.
Kidnappings for ransom soared in Haiti after a 2004 uprising but have dropped sharply
since late last year, when President Rene Preval and U.N. peacekeepers launched a
crackdown on street gangs.
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