The family of U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan says he’s alive after being rescued late Tuesday. Sullivan was abducted by a group of men at his church as he was leading a prayer service. Police say they killed all three suspects who attempted to flee.

An American pastor who was kidnapped last week by armed and masked men during a sermon in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa was rescued on Tuesday after three of his abductors engaged in gunfire with officials and were killed,