A Canadian woman abducted last week in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, was released on Thursday and is in good condition, United Nations Police confirmed to Canadian Television.
UN Police spokesperson Fred Blaise confirmed that Nadia Lefebvre was released Thursday, Canadian Television said.
Lefebvre, 32, was in Haiti on short-term assignment with Medecins du Monde, also known as Doctors of the World.
She was abducted on May 21 after five men broke into her home in Haiti's capital.
Blaise said the abduction appeared to be "purely financial" and there was no political motive.
The agency Lefebvre was working for confirmed that ransom was paid but they did not specify how much.
Port-au-Prince is known as the kidnapping capital of the world.
In May alone, there have been 20 confirmed kidnappings in Port-au-Prince. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 139 kidnappings.
Source:Xinhua
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