Kidnapping

Kidnapping

• Kidnapped French sailor rescued by Nigerian troops

  Nigeria's military says its troops have rescued a French sailor kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Togo. Spokesman Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu said ... 

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  Police free Spanish couple from Colombia kidnap

  Two Spanish tourists kidnapped in Colombia were rescued by police Saturday in a rural area near the northeastern border with Venezuela after being ... 

• Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen's capital

  Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone ... 

• Indonesian police find French boy abducted in Bali

  Police said they have arrested an East Timorese woman who allegedly abducted a French toddler on the tourist island of Bali. The woman was arrested ... 

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  Scottish oil worker abducted in Indonesia released

  A British national working at an oil company was released unharmed Thursday after being abducted by gunmen in Indonesia's Aceh province, police said. 

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  4 die in shooting in Mexico City neighborhood

  Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that ... 

• Hundreds in Yemen protest abduction of foreigners

  Hundreds of Yemenis took to the streets in a central city to denounce the abduction of a South African couple and to demand authorities work toward ... 

• 2 Swedes charged in Sinai kidnapping case

  A prosecutor has charged two Swedish men with extortion after they threatened to kill an Eritrean man held captive in Egypt's lawless Sinai desert. 

• Police: Lawmaker holds 2 foreigners in Yemen city

  Gunmen abducted two South African citizens Monday in Yemen's second largest city, Taiz, and police said a lawmaker was behind the kidnapping to ... 

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  Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacks

  Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of ... 

• Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted

  Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been ... 

• Colombia: 10 soldiers killed by in rebel attack

  At least 10 Colombian soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in a pre-dawn attack on an army patrol with homemade explosives by the country's ... 

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  Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release

  The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months ... 

• Turkey foils alleged attacks on Syrian refugees

  Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of plotting to attack and kidnap Syrian refugees in Turkey, an official said Wednesday, as the ... 

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  Egypt troops in Sinai sweep mistakenly hit funeral

  Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of ... 

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  South Africa: Winnie Mandela forced auction flops

  There were no bidders and no locksmiths willing to force entry for a scheduled auction Tuesday to sell artworks and other belongings of Nelson ... 

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  Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction

  Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the ... 

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  Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

  Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday ... 

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  Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped

  A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway ... 

• Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap

  Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of ... 

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  7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai

  Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said. 

• Yemen: 3 Red Cross workers, 2 Egyptians released

  Three Red Cross workers and two Egyptian technicians who were abducted by armed men in Yemen's southern province of Abyan have all been released, ...