Gunmen in Haiti kidnap children, demand ransom

Gunmen have abducted at least seven children in a suburb of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, the latest in a wave of kidnappings for ransom in the poor Caribbean nation, police said on Thursday.

"Now the kidnappers target children because they know the children are our hearts. They want to hit us in the heart so they can get the money more rapidly," said Fred Blaise, a spokesman for the United Nations police force in Haiti. (Reuters)