Fears YouTube star YourFellowArab ‘kidnapped by Haiti gang for 475,000 ransom’ as he vanishes from social media [Video]

A YOUTUBE star has allegedly been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti and is being held for a ransom of £475,000, his pals have claimed.

Addison Pierre Maalouf, who goes by YourFellowArab on social media, had reportedly travelled to the violence-stricken country to interview infamous warlord Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier before going missing.

Addison Pierre Maalouf, who goes by YourFellowArab on social media, is of Lebanese descent and based in Atlanta, GeorgiaCredit: @YourFellowArab/X

The YouTuber had reportedly flown to Haiti in one of his latest work venturesCredit: @YourFellowArab/X

Maalouf was allegedly meant to interview infamous warlord Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier (pictured)Credit: Reuters

Violence in Port-au-Prince has reached unprecedented levels and hundreds of thousands of civilians have been caught in the crossfiresCredit: AFP

The Sun has approached the US Embassy in London and Port-Au-Prince, as well as YourFellowArab’s team for comment.

A spokesperson for the US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs told The Sun: …

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