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I was involved in talks to free a kidnapped Kiwi pilot in West Papua. With negotiations stalled, what happens now?

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to negotiate his release, and an unsuccessful Indonesian military rescue attempt, suggest a confused picture behind the scenes.

The Conversation

Gunmen kill at least 30 in weekend attacks in northern Nigeria

Gunmen in Nigeria have killed at least 30 people and kidnapped a number of children in separate attacks in three northern states, police and residents said, the latest incidents in a region dogged by armed violence.

Reuters

Ex-wife of Missouri doctor found shot dead in Arkansas lake is ‘devastated’ as mystery engulfs case

Family have rejected suggestions John Forsyth may have taken his own life and say he had been kidnapped before

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Missouri ER doctor found dead in lake had suffered gunshot wound

Family said Dr John Forsyth had claimed he was mysteriously kidnapped and released in 2022

The Independent UK

How a Mexican state siphoned off millions – and a reporter risked her life to expose it

María Teresa Montaño Delgado was kidnapped while investigating suspicious contracts worth $300m awarded by the state of Mexico

The Guardian - US

Riyadh asks diplomatic staff in Beirut to stay home after man kidnapped

Saudi Arabia asked its diplomatic staff in Lebanon to stay home after a Saudi national was abducted in Beirut on Sunday, Saudi media reported on Monday.

Reuters

Women kidnapped by separatists in anglophone Cameroon released

Thirty women kidnapped by pro-independence rebels in western Cameroon earlier this week have been released, some with serious injuries.

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‘No one listened’: mother of Cheshire boy kidnapped by father says she warned authorities

Ibrahim Faraj, seven, was abducted and taken to Saudi Arabia in November

The Guardian - UK

Madeleine McCann searches at Portugal reservoir enter second day

The fresh searches are being carried out at the request of German investigators who believe prime suspect Christian Brueckner kidnapped and murdered her.

Daily Record

Kidnapped review – Marco Bellocchio’s antisemitism drama is a classic in the making

Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy kidnapped by papal authorities, this is a full-tilt melodrama that lays bare tyranny, bigotry and the abuse of power in the Catholic church

The Guardian - UK

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?

Daily Mirror

Thug kidnapped ex and drove around for 12 hours ‘searching for a burial site’ after vicious attack

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Nathaniel Corkish, who repeatedly strangled Jasmine Molyneux and battered her with a hammer, left the woman terrified and with life-changing injuries

Daily Mirror

Dramatic moment cops find kidnapped baby after car stolen from driveway

The six-month-old baby boy was found near a ravine surrounded by rubbish more than an hour after the 911 call reporting the car he had been in had been stolen in Fort Worth, Texas

Daily Mirror

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.

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

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.

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The Independent UK

Mexico finds 49 migrants who had been kidnapped from bus

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

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.

Reuters

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.

Evening Standard

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.

Manchester Evening News

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

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

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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