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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.

Al Jazeera

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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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

Daily Mirror

‘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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Hindu

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

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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.

Daily Record

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 Conversation

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 Independent UK

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 ...

The National (Scotland)

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…

France 24

A Qld Family Is In Distress After Kids Kidnapped Their Cat Posted The Awful Video On TikTok

He looks so scared.

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The Conversation

The power of cultural identity on psychological well-being: Singing, trauma and the resilience of the Yazidi population of northern Iraq

Behind each door and gate in Sinuni, Iraq, there is a different story of trauma and resilience. The Yazidi community is still coping with the trauma and mental health burden following the ISIS genocide of 2014, where thousands of men, women and children were killed, tortured and kidnapped for sexual…

The Guardian - UK

Angel Lynn: what her harrowing story tells us about coercive control

A Channel 4 documentary explores the life of a young woman who was severely injured when she fell from a van after being kidnapped by her abusive boyfriend

Manchester Evening News

The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week

A look back at those sentenced in our criminal courts this week

France 24

Philippines: After decades of terror, peace returns to island of Jolo

For a long time, the island of Jolo, one of the southernmost points of the Philippines archipelago, was off limits. It was the stronghold of one of the most violent terrorist movements in the world, Abu Sayyaf. In 2000, a group of 20 tourists were kidnapped in Malaysia and taken…

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Liverpool Echo

Paedophile handed in by his dad after he saw CCTV image

Lewis Jones kidnapped a six-year-old girl before violently attacking her

Daily Mirror

'My sick boyfriend kidnapped me from the street to propose - I might press charges'

TRIGGER WARNING. A woman has taken to social media to seek support after being 'kidnapped' as part of an elaborate proposal, saying she is now considering pressing charges against her boyfriend and his friends

The Independent UK

Kidnapped NZ pilot: Indonesian army attacks put him at risk

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have released a video appearing to show the New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February saying that recent Indonesian military attacks threatened his safety

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile was under investigation for child sex abuse when he kidnapped girl, 6

Lewis Jones was seen taking pictures of children before he snatched and sexually assaulted the girl

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Dead or Alive’: Iraq’s Yazidis Anxiously Await ISIS-abducted Relatives

After paying nearly $100,000 in ransoms to free 10 family members, Khaled Taalou, a member of Iraq's Yazidi minority, is still working to free other missing relatives kidnapped by ISIS group fighters. Despite his efforts, five more relatives, along with thousands of other Yazidis, remain missing after being abducted by…

Evening Standard

Boy, 16, kidnapped by four men with ‘Irish accents’ in black Mini

Three men ‘shouted aggressively’ at the boy and forced him into the car, police say

WEKU

College student who killed a man with sword sentenced twice to 55 years in prison

Two courts issued separate prison sentences to a man who attacked two people with a samurai sword, fatally shot a former classmate, kidnapped a woman and led police on a six-day manhunt in 2020.

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