Overview

• Ireland’s deputy prime minister Simon Harris and the Nos Petits Frères et Sœurs charity confirmed the group’s release, with Heraty’s family requesting privacy as support is provided.
• The eight were seized on August 3 during an armed attack at the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, with a three-year-old child among those taken.
• NPH said St. Damien Pediatric Hospital and St. Luke Hospital will reopen after temporarily closing following the kidnapping.
• No group has claimed responsibility; reporting links the area to the Viv Ansanm coalition, with some accounts pointing to a local figure known as “Didi,” a detail not officially confirmed.
• The release coincides with U.S.-backed talks at the U.N. on a larger “Gang Suppression Force” as kidnappings and gang control escalate around Port-au-Prince and the Kenya-led mission struggles for resources.