Haiti gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband

Missouri state representative Ben Baker's daughter and her husband were reportedly ambushed when leaving a church

The daughter and son-in-law of a Republican politician are among three US missionaries who have been killed by gang members in Haiti as it emerged that the long-awaited deployment of an multinational security force tasked with rescuing the Caribbean country from months of bloodshed had been delayed.

Ben Baker, a Republican state representative from Missouri, announced the news of the couple's murder on Facebook late on Thursday, writing: My heart is broken in a thousand pieces. I've never felt this kind of pain."