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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.

Radio France Internationale

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

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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.

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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

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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 ...

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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…

Pedestrian.tv

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

He looks so scared.

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…

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

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