Ohio-based non-profit religious organization, Christian Aid Ministries — that supplies Haitian children with shelter, food and clothing —has issued a statement confirming the release of two of its abducted members, though it provided very "limited" information about the development and did not disclose the names of those freed.

"We have learned that two of the 17 hostages in Haiti were released. We praise God for this," the organization said in the statement.

"Only limited information can be provided, but we are able to report that the two hostages who were released are safe, in good spirits, and being cared for," the statement read.

"We cannot provide or confirm the names of those released, the reasons for their release, where they are from, or their current location," it added. "We ask that those who have more specific information about the release and the individuals involved would safeguard that information."

The spokesperson for Haiti's National Police, Gary Desrosiers, also confirmed the release of two abducted missionaries, though the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is assisting authorities in recovering the hostages, denied to comment.

The group of 17 missionaries along with their Haitian car driver were abducted by '400 Mazowo' gang on Oct 16 when they were traveling by vehicle to Titanyen, north of the Port-au-Prince, after visiting Maison La Providence de Dieu orphanage in the Croix des Bouquets area.

Later, the notorious gang demanded $1 million ransom each for the 17 missionaries it is holdning, and the gang's leader, Wilson Joseph alias Lanmò Sanjou (in English, Death Without Days), had threatened to kill the hostages if their demands were not met.

Haiti has one of the highest rates of kidnapping-for-ransom in the world, and since the assasination of President Jovenel Moïse on July 7, rival factions have been trying to gain control, resulting in a rapid increase in the rate of abduction amid lack of security in the country.

According to a report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) released in September, as many as 328 kidnapping victims were reported to the Caribbean  country's National Police in the first eight months of 2021 while the figure was at 234 for all of 2020.