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3 arrested in crackdown on kidnapping-for-ransom gang

Three suspected members of a kidnapping gang were arrested in two Southern provinces and one in the Northeast in an operation performed by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)'s special weapons and tactics unit on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Mounting tensions: On the threat to social harmony in Uttarakhand

The case of attempted kidnapping in Purola in Uttarakhand should be investigated quickly, and nobody should be allowed to make use of it to propagate communal politics

The Hindu

‘State-sanctioned kidnapping’: Texas sheriff aids probe into new DeSantis migrant flights

The Texas sheriff who last week recommended criminal charges for those behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program is collaborating with California authorities who announced a similar criminal investigation following recent flights that brought migrants from El Paso to Sacramento.

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AI clones child’s voice in kidnapping scam

AI deepfakes are being used to attempt to extort money out of people, including through kidnapping scams

Evening Standard

Why Muslims are fleeing a small town in India’s Uttarakhand state

Nearly a dozen families are forced to leave Purola after far-right Hindu groups threaten Muslims’ homes and businesses.

Al Jazeera

Killer handed death sentence without a jury decision in Arizona after double murder charge

Bryan Patrick Miller waived his right to a jury trial after he was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted assault for the murders of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas

Daily Mirror

Newsom: DeSantis "kidnapping" migrants

California Department of Justice investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento

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Florida officials share video boasting of role in California migrant flights amid calls to charge DeSantis

California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested bringing kidnapping charges against DeSantis

The Independent UK

'You will die here tonight': Mount Hutton torture shed trial hears of kidnapping, assault

"I will put you in hydrochloric acid and you will die here tonight," Kyna McAuley allegedly told the victim.

Newcastle Herald

Charges over DeSantis' migrant stunt

"State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," Calif. AG Rob Bonta says

Salon

California's Newsom threatens Florida's DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant flights

"DeSantis you small, pathetic man," the California governor said as 2nd migrant flight in days arrived in Sacramento.

Axios

‘Pathetic man’: California gov slams DeSantis over migrant flight

Top California official suggests Florida governor guilty of kidnapping after asylum seekers flown to US state’s capital.

Al Jazeera

California officials probe ‘state-sanctioned kidnapping’ of migrants flown in on private jet

The migrants reportedly were found with documentation claiming to be from the Florida state government

The Independent UK

Saudi freed in Lebanon after kidnapping

Lebanese interior ministry says that nine people had been arrested in connection with Sunday’s kidnapping.

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Reuters

Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in the 1960s and 1970s, media reported.

Reuters

Voter fraud allegations mark last day of election campaigning in Spain

Allegations of voter fraud in small towns and an unprecedented case of kidnapping marked the last day of campaigning before local and regional elections in Spain on Sunday.

AAP

Man jailed over driving instructor kidnapping, assault

A Brisbane man has admitted assaulting a woman and holding her against her will for more than two weeks before kidnapping a driving instructor at knifepoint.

ABC News

Brisbane man jailed for kidnapping driving instructor at knifepoint in plot to abduct girlfriend

Abdel-Aziz Hussein Ali's plan was to hide in the boot of the car while the instructor drove to the ex-girlfriend's house, and pick her up.

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Daily Mirror

Corrie's Toyah fights for her life as she's bound and gagged in horrifying kidnapping

Coronation Street character Toyah Battersby is set to be kidnapped in horrifying scenes on the ITV soap in the coming weeks as she faces death – but who is her captor?

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago man charged with attempted kidnapping of woman in Evanston

James Saye, 28, was taken into custody Saturday morning after allegedly attempting to force a woman into his car in the 600 block of University Place, police said.

Radio France Internationale

French army accused of failing to stop journalist's kidnapping in Mali

French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, a joint investigation by RFI, newspapers Le Monde and Liberation and broadcaster TV5Monde has found.

The Independent UK

Texas man pleads guilty to smuggling gun linked to deadly Mexico kidnapping

A Texas man has pleaded guilty to purchasing a gun for a Mexican drug cartel that has been linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans

The Hindu

Shivamogga police trace girl who concocted kidnap story in bid to become a nun

While thinking of ways to meet her financial needs after reaching becoming a nun, she concocted the kidnapping story to obtain some money from her father.

The Hindu

Madhya Pradesh girl cooks up her own kidnapping story after failing college exam

A 17-year-old girl, who failed in her annual undergraduate examination, escaped from Indore to neighbouring Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh after faking her own kidnapping story as she feared her parents would scold her, police said on Sunday.

ABC News

Cleo Smith's family still 'sad, hurt, scared, angry, terrified' over kidnapping at WA campsite

The mother of Cleo Smith, Ellie Smith, says her family remains angry and heartbroken after the sentencing of the man who snatched her five-year-old daughter from a remote WA campsite.

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