{"id":58219,"date":"2024-05-24T17:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/three-missionaries-in-haiti-are-killed-in-gang-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T17:54:22","slug":"three-missionaries-in-haiti-are-killed-in-gang-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/three-missionaries-in-haiti-are-killed-in-gang-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Missionaries in Haiti Are Killed in Gang Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/24\/multimedia\/24haiti-mission-killed-tkbq\/24haiti-mission-killed-tkbq-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Three Missionaries in Haiti Are Killed in Gang Attack\" title=\"Three Missionaries in Haiti Are Killed in Gang Attack\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An Oklahoma-based missionary group working in Haiti\u2019s capital was attacked by gangs on Thursday, leaving two Americans and the group\u2019s director dead, the organization, Missions in Haiti, announced on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Missions in Haiti runs a school for 450 children as well as two churches and a children\u2019s home in the Bon Repos neighborhood in the northern outskirts of Port-au-Prince. The independent nonprofit was founded by an Oklahoma couple, David and Alicia Lloyd, in 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The victims were the founders\u2019 son, David Lloyd III, 23, known as Davy; his wife, Natalie Lloyd, 21; and the organization\u2019s Haitian director, Jude Montis, 20, the group said. Ms. Lloyd is the daughter of a state representative in Missouri, Ben Baker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy heart is broken in a thousand pieces,\u201d Mr. Baker <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ben.r.baker\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted on Facebook.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019ve never felt this kind of pain. Most of you know my daughter and son-in-law Davy and Natalie Lloyd are full time missionaries in Haiti. They were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed. They went to Heaven together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An unsigned post on the missionary group\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064274396167\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page,<\/a> which was confirmed by a member of the organization, said the Lloyds were coming out of a section of the mission\u2019s building when they were ambushed by three trucks full of men.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Lloyd was taken inside and beaten. The gang members then took the organization\u2019s vehicles and other items and left. But things took a turn when a second gang showed up, and one of its members was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cNow this gang went into full attack mode,\u201d the organization said in a post that was written before the three had been killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Lloyds and the director of the program were able to make phone calls and recount what was happening as it was occurring, describing how they were holed up as the gang members shot through the windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The organization said it would send a rescue mission and negotiate with the gangs, but it then posted a tragic update:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDavy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o\u2019clock this evening. We all are devastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Haiti has been gripped by a wide-scale gang assault since February, when several gangs that normally fight each other decided to band together and fight the government. Hospitals, government buildings, police stations and prisons were attacked, and thousands of prisoners were released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The crisis forced the resignation of Haiti\u2019s prime minister, Ariel Henry, who was out of the country at the time and unable to return. A transitional council was named to run the flailing government while the United States helped organize a deployment of police and soldiers from several countries, led by Kenya, to fight the gangs. That mission is expected to arrive in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gang violence spread to unprecedented levels after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Mo\u00efse. More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in the first three months of 2024 alone, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for the Haiti National Police said he did not have details on the killings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/24\/world\/americas\/haiti-gang-attack-missionaries-dead.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklahoma-based missionary group working in Haiti\u2019s capital was attacked by gangs on Thursday, leaving two Americans and the group\u2019s director dead, the organization, Missions in Haiti, announced on Facebook. 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