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Boy, 13, uses slingshot to save younger sister from being kidnapped after hearing her screams

He looked out of his window and saw an assailant attempting to abduct his sister so he grabbed his slingshot, opened the window and fired.

Daily Record

Watch: Albanese heads to Japan, Air pollution link, Kidnapped Australian released

Watch: A 95-year-old woman is fighting for life in hospital after she was tasered by police in an aged care facility in the NSW Snowy Mountains. Prime

The New Daily

Perth doctor kidnapped and held in West Africa released

Perth doctor Kenneth Elliott who was kidnapped by terrorists has been released after being held in West Africa for more than seven years.

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Kidnapped Australian Dr Ken Elliott released by al-Qaida in Africa after seven-year fight for freedom

Penny Wong says the 88-year-old Perth man, who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2016, has been reunited with his family

The Guardian - AU

Perth doctor Kenneth Elliott released seven years after being kidnapped in West Africa

Australian doctor Kenneth Elliott is released "safe and well" after being kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2016 by a group believed to have links to al Qaeda, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong saying the 88-year-old has been reunited with his family.

ABC News

Mexico finds 49 migrants who had been kidnapped from bus

Mexico's army has found 49 migrants who were kidnapped from a bus

The Independent UK

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.

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Mexico police rescue most of 50 migrants kidnapped from bus

Mexican police have rescued 34 migrants from a farm, part of a group of about 50 who were kidnapped from a bus in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon bordering the United States, authorities said.

Reuters

Angel Lynn: 22-year-old paralysed after terrifying kidnapping ordeal takes first steps

A 22-year-old woman who suffered catastrophic brain injuries after being kidnapped three years ago has taken her first steps, her mother has said.

Evening Standard

GMP believe this man may have 'vital information' after terrifying kidnap

The victim was kidnapped from a premises and bundled into a vehicle

Manchester Evening News

Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, president says

About 50 migrants have been kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico, the latest in a series of mass abductions

The Independent UK

Fifty migrants kidnapped from Mexican bus

Mexican security forces are searching for about 50 migrants who were kidnapped from a commercial bus, authorities said Wednesday.

Reuters

Gene Bristow, who kidnapped and raped backpacker, refuses to pay victims of crime levy

Gene Bristow — who had lured a 24-year-old European backpacker to his Meningie farm, south-east of Adelaide, and raped her — refuses to pay the victims of crime levy because he is not an Australian citizen.

ABC News

Four killed as gunmen attack US embassy staff convoy in Nigeria

Three other people kidnapped in the attack Nigeria’s Anambra state, according to local police.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I saw many bodies’: having escaped one conflict, Tigray refugees face new terrors

Living in UN camps in a rapidly collapsing Sudan, refugees from Ethiopia are being kidnapped, taken across the Sahara, and tortured for ransom – in a brutal, multimillion-dollar industry

Daily Mirror

Police capture two more Mexican cartel members over kidnapping of four Americans

Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Hypnotic’: Ben Affleck’s sci-fi thriller builds to a slam-bang twist ending

William Fichtner and Alice Braga offer great supporting performances in an uneven but at times mesmerizing and dazzling mind-bender of a film.

The Hindu

Kidnapped as a month-old infant, Chennai boy gets reunited with parents after eight years

Aaron was just a month-old baby when a woman kidnapped him in Chennai on November 29, 2014.

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Daily Mirror

Angel Lynn's skull scans show horror injuries when she fell from van at 60mph in abduction

CT scans show the horrific injuries that Angel Lynn, now 22, suffered when she was kidnapped by her controlling boyfriend Chay Bowskill and fell from a van at 60mph

Daily Record

Teen kidnapped by boyfriend takes first steps after being left unable to speak or walk

Angel Lynn, now 22, was left unable to speak after being taken by her abusive ex and falling from a van in 2020.

The Conversation

Kidnapping in Nigeria: criminalising ransom payment isn't working - families need support

Kidnapping for ransom has become a national security threat in Nigeria. How it’s done varies from targeted individuals, to indiscriminate kidnappings and mass kidnapping in schools and communities.

The Independent UK

DNA confirms woman kidnapped more than 50 years ago is Melissa Highsmith

Family of Melissa Highsmith say Fort Worth police failed to properly investigate her abduction in 1971

The Independent UK

DNA confirms woman kidnapped more than 50 years ago is Melissa Highsmith

Family of Melissa Highsmith say Fort Worth police failed to properly investigate her abduction in 1971

The National (Scotland)

Two London police officers suspended after rape and kidnap allegations

TWO Metropolitan Police officers have been suspended from duty after a woman alleged she was kidnapped and raped ...

France 24

Cameroon journalists living in fear since murder of radio host Martinez Zogo

In January 2023, Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo was kidnapped and murdured in circumstances that remain unclear. The brutal assassination of the popular radio host, who regularly condemned corruption and the embezzlement of state funds in Cameroon, sent shockwaves throughout the country. His family and colleagues are still in the dark…

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