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Tourist fakes her own kidnapping after running out of money in India

Her ransom messages stated she was in an ‘unsafe enviroment’, facing physical and emotional abuse

The Independent UK

Daughter of doctor who gave 10-year-old an abortion faced kidnapping threat

Caitlin Bernard of Indiana is named on an extreme anti-abortion website linked to Amy Coney Barrett

The Guardian - US

Man jailed for kidnapping and sexually assaulting injured woman who fell down Tube station stairs

‘He was calculating and predatory,’ Metropolitan Police detective constable says

The Independent UK

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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

Daily Mirror

Haryana: 21-year-old man booked for kidnapping & raping minor

GURUGRAM: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a 21-year-old man in her neighbourhood in a Bilaspur village. The minor’s father filed a police complaint at Bilaspur police station on July 12 claiming that his daughter was raped by the man at different ocassions for last two months…

The Times of India

Emmett Till's family says 'white pedestal' theory has denied them justice for decades

The family of Emmett Till want authorities to serve a 1955 arrest warrant to the white woman they say is responsible for his murder and kidnapping.

WEKU

Cop in businessman robbery surrenders

The deputy superintendent of the Provincial Police Region 1's General Staff Division turned himself in to police on Wednesday after he was implicated in the kidnapping of a Singaporean businessman and robbing him of valuables, including a Porsche, last month.

Bangkok Post

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Ex-boyfriend charged over Elnaz Hajtamiri kidnapping in Ontario

Police arrest Mohamad Lilo after frustrating six-month investigation into abduction by ‘fake officers’

The Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

Yasin Malik seeks physical appearance in court, examining witnesses himself in Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case

Kashmiri separatist leader threatens of indefinite hunger strike if demands not met

The Hindu

WA man accused of kidnapping, abusing girl

A man has faced a Perth court charged with kidnapping a nine-year-old girl from a park and indecently assaulting her.

AAP

Who was Emmett Till? What to know about his death and legacy

RALEIGH, N.C. — In 1955, a white woman alleged that a Black teenager whistled at, grabbed and said obscene things to her in her grocery store in Mississippi. The result? A brutal kidnapping, beating and murder in the Jim Crow South.

Tribune News Service

Man arrested over kidnapping and assault after rooftop standoff

The man was reportedly throwing slates from off the roof

Liverpool Echo

Tamil Nadu: Two held in kidnap and looting case

TRICHY: A special police team arrested two persons for kidnapping a retired bank employee and looting cash and jewels from his house near Musiri in Trichy district.

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Activists swarm NC senior living facility in search of woman named in arrest warrant in Emmett Till’s murder

A senior living facility in North Carolina was flooded with protesters in search of Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of making improper advances prior to his kidnapping and murder in 1955.

Newcastle Herald

Brock Pearson, second man charged over Terrigal abduction, granted bail

A second man charged over an alleged abduction and assault at Terrigal in February has been granted conditional bail.

Al Jazeera

US charges Haitian man for role in missionary kidnappings

US Justice Department says Jean Pelice, alleged member of Haiti’s 400 Mawozo gang, was involved in October abductions.

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan kidnapping charges over botched marriage proposal dropped

Prosecutors decide woman bundled into suitcase and driven off in car boot was surprise gone wrong

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Fourth person arrested in connection with suspected kidnapping after man fell from van in Wallsend

A probe into the incident is ongoing after a man fell from a moving white Vito Mercedes van which was travelling on the Coast Road in Wallsend.

The Independent UK

Raised by, abused by and then married to her kidnapper: The horrifying true story behind Netflix's Girl in the Picture

‘Girl in the Picture’, a new Netflix documentary, untangles the story of Suzanne Sevakis, a kidnapping victim, mother, and brilliant student known under aliases to those who loved her. Clémence Michallon reports

The Times of India

Delhi: Four held for killing minor over personal enmity

NEW DELHI: Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a minor in central Delhi's Patel Nagar area over personal enmity, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Arif (19), Sohel (23), Shivam (22) and Saurav (22), all residents of Baljeet Nagar, they said.

The Independent UK

New trial ordered for two alleged ringleaders in Michigan governor kidnapping plot

They allegedly wanted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer from vacation home and hold ‘treason trial’

Tribune News Service

Judge orders new trial for two accused Whitmer kidnapping plotters

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to stand for a retrial, nearly three months after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on their guilt.

Liverpool Echo

Cartel suspect wanted over kidnapping and burning man alive in gangland slaying

Tomasz Samel banged on a front door begging for help before dying in hospital

The Independent UK

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping

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