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10 years after Austin Tice vanished in Syria, his family continues its fight for him

American journalist Austin Tice is believed to have been kidnapped in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, in 2012. His mother says he's being held with a "government-related entity" in Syria.

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Thai director Danny says Myanmar abduction rumours untrue

A film director was repatriated from Myanmar on Tuesday morning after his family claimed that he had been kidnapped for ransom by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) since Jan 4. However, Myanmar authorities insisted that he had entered the UWSA's territory of his own free will.

Bangkok Post

Govt 'ready' to repatriate Ramai from Myanmar

The government is ready to repatriate film director and renowned fight choreographer Ramai "Danny" Moriphan, who was kidnapped in Myanmar over his alleged links to a drug trafficking syndicate, assistant national police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, said on Monday.

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Search called off for remains of murdered Glasgow businesswoman Lynda Spence by police

Forensic teams spent months scouring a remote area near Dunoon in the hope of finding Lynda's remains. The 27-year-old was tortured and killed in 2011 after being kidnapped from a Glasgow street.

Glasgow Live

Police call off search for body of murdered Scots financial adviser Lynda Spence

The 27-year-old financial adviser was tortured and killed in 2011 after being kidnapped from a street in Broomhill, Glasgow.

Daily Record

Friday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

The Conversation

'Credit issues' in MacGill's kidnap claim

Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill may have lied about being attacked and kidnapped during a drug transaction a judge was told he helped organise.

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Adam Smith: Separating the myth from fact - and why his Scots university beat Oxford

AS a toddler, Adam Smith, was apparently kidnapped by gypsies and needed a horseback rescue from Fife’s deep woods by his uncle with a posse of…

The National (Scotland)

Abduction, robbery alleged

According to the police, Padmakumari of Edacode was purportedly kidnapped while she was walking near Manaluvila junction

The Hindu

Man who kidnapped woman and kept her in a coffin admits killing teen in chilling tapes

Disturbed Michael Sams admitted killing teenager July Dart in 1991, in the unearthed tapes that will be aired on TV later this month despite previously denying the crime

Daily Mirror

ITV Coronation Street fans puzzled by Kelly's appearance as she returns home after kidnap horror

Gary Windass came to Kelly's rescue after she was kidnapped by her dad's former clients

Manchester Evening News

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered on Tuesday while his colleague managed to escaped from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said.

Reuters

Corrie fans point out Gary's obvious error as he hunts for Kelly's kidnapper

Coronation Street fans have pointed out an obvious blunder made by Gary Windass as he and Maria Connor tried to rescue Kelly Neelan after she was kidnapped

Daily Mirror

‘Predator’ kidnapped and sexually assaulted injured woman after offering help

Sharif Abbas has been jailed for four years for preying on woman hurt in Tube station

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Man kidnapped and held for £30,000 ransom after hiring two sex workers while on holiday

Rio de Janeiro authorities are still searching for two further men linked to the kidnapping, including one individual who was spotted in the lobby of the holiday rental in Brazil

Reuters

Kidnapped Pakistan army officer found shot dead

A senior Pakistani army officer and his friend were found shot dead on Thursday, two days after militants kidnapped them in the restive southwest province of Balochistan, security officials said.

The Independent UK

TikToker claims Austin police victim-blamed her when she told them about attempted kidnapping

‘No one asked me if I wanted to file a police report,’ Ashley Korbassi said, after she claims she told the Austin Police Department about allegedly being kidnapped at gunpoint

ABC News

Man allegedly kidnapped nine-year-old girl from Doubleview park and indecently dealt with her

A 39-year-old man is charged by police and faces court after allegedly approaching a girl at a park in Doubleview and coercing her to a nearby home where he indecently dealt with her.

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Afro-Colombian politician tapped as ambassador to Washington

A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his country after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been named Colombia’s next ambassador to the United States

Chicago Sun-Times

Amber Alert cancelled, police say 15-year-old girl reportedly kidnapped in Dolton was ‘recovered safely’

Police released no details in ending the alert, which was issued after the girl was reported taken by someone wearing a mask and driving a 2005 Ford 500 sedan.

Miami Herald

‘Luck and God’: How Haitians survive gang violence, kidnappings in their nation’s capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This teeming Caribbean capital, with its hair-raising traffic, army of sidewalk vendors and once vibrant nightlife, is now a metropolis that lives only by daylight.

The Independent UK

Soldiers find 2 men kidnapped in Mexico by killer of Jesuits

Soldiers in northern Mexico have found two men who were kidnapped in June by a drug gang boss who allegedly killed two Jesuit priests

The Independent UK

Kidnapped Congolese woman repeatedly raped and forced to eat human flesh, rights group says

UN official says security situation in country has deteriorated due to intensified attacks against civilians

Reuters

Woman made to cook and eat human flesh, Congo group tells U.N.

A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Killings, kidnappings, stripping girls naked part of Cameroon separatist abuses, HRW says

Killing and attacking civilians, attacking education facilities, kidnapping workers, stripping schoolgirls naked and beating them are just a few of the abuses Cameroonian separatists have carried out on the civilian population in the Anglophone regions, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

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