An Irish missionary is among eight people who are missing after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti. The attack is just the latest in an area controlled by a powerful array of armed gangs.

Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs.

Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a "planned act", officials say.