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Search called off for remains of murdered Glasgow businesswoman Lynda Spence by police

Forensic teams spent months scouring a remote area near Dunoon in the hope of finding Lynda's remains. The 27-year-old was tortured and killed in 2011 after being kidnapped from a Glasgow street.

Glasgow Live

Police call off search for body of murdered Scots financial adviser Lynda Spence

The 27-year-old financial adviser was tortured and killed in 2011 after being kidnapped from a street in Broomhill, Glasgow.

Daily Record

Friday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

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Thane: 13-year-old boy kidnapped, killed by smoking partners

MUMBAI: Two unemployed youths have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from Mira Road on the pretext of going for a smoke, murdering him, dumping his body near a bridge on the highway at Waliv and later demanding a Rs 35 lakh ransom from his mother, who works…

The Times of India

'Credit issues' in MacGill's kidnap claim

Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill may have lied about being attacked and kidnapped during a drug transaction a judge was told he helped organise.

AAP

Adam Smith: Separating the myth from fact - and why his Scots university beat Oxford

AS a toddler, Adam Smith, was apparently kidnapped by gypsies and needed a horseback rescue from Fife’s deep woods by his uncle with a posse of…

The National (Scotland)

Abduction, robbery alleged

According to the police, Padmakumari of Edacode was purportedly kidnapped while she was walking near Manaluvila junction

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Bihar man alleges wife and daughter kidnapped and being forced to convert; police deny

BEGUSARAI: A resident of Bihar's Begusarai district has accused his neighbours, belonging to another religious community, of kidnapping his wife and married daughter and, after exploiting them sexually, putting pressure on them to convert, a claim debunked by the police.

The Times of India

Man who kidnapped woman and kept her in a coffin admits killing teen in chilling tapes

Disturbed Michael Sams admitted killing teenager July Dart in 1991, in the unearthed tapes that will be aired on TV later this month despite previously denying the crime

Daily Mirror

Pune: Woman says girl child desire drove her to kidnap 4-year-old

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested the sister and two nieces of the woman, who had allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old girl from Chikhali on Saturday. The woman’s 12-year-old son has also been detained.

The Times of India

ITV Coronation Street fans puzzled by Kelly's appearance as she returns home after kidnap horror

Gary Windass came to Kelly's rescue after she was kidnapped by her dad's former clients

Manchester Evening News

Student kidnapped over financial row rescued within 4 hours; 4 held in Karnataka

BENGALURU: Acting swiftly, Yelahanka police on Monday rescued an abducted college student in less than four hours of the kidnapping. Four people, including a tur dal mill owner, were arrested.

The Times of India

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered on Tuesday while his colleague managed to escaped from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said.

Reuters

Corrie fans point out Gary's obvious error as he hunts for Kelly's kidnapper

Coronation Street fans have pointed out an obvious blunder made by Gary Windass as he and Maria Connor tried to rescue Kelly Neelan after she was kidnapped

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Evening Standard

‘Predator’ kidnapped and sexually assaulted injured woman after offering help

Sharif Abbas has been jailed for four years for preying on woman hurt in Tube station

Daily Mirror

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

Reuters

Kidnapped Pakistan army officer found shot dead

A senior Pakistani army officer and his friend were found shot dead on Thursday, two days after militants kidnapped them in the restive southwest province of Balochistan, security officials said.

The Independent UK

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

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Man allegedly kidnapped nine-year-old girl from Doubleview park and indecently dealt with her

A 39-year-old man is charged by police and faces court after allegedly approaching a girl at a park in Doubleview and coercing her to a nearby home where he indecently dealt with her.

The Independent UK

Afro-Colombian politician tapped as ambassador to Washington

A veteran Afro-Colombian politician who studied in the Soviet Union and fled his country after being kidnapped by a paramilitary group has been named Colombia’s next ambassador to the United States

Chicago Sun-Times

Amber Alert cancelled, police say 15-year-old girl reportedly kidnapped in Dolton was ‘recovered safely’

Police released no details in ending the alert, which was issued after the girl was reported taken by someone wearing a mask and driving a 2005 Ford 500 sedan.

Miami Herald

‘Luck and God’: How Haitians survive gang violence, kidnappings in their nation’s capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — This teeming Caribbean capital, with its hair-raising traffic, army of sidewalk vendors and once vibrant nightlife, is now a metropolis that lives only by daylight.

The Independent UK

Soldiers find 2 men kidnapped in Mexico by killer of Jesuits

Soldiers in northern Mexico have found two men who were kidnapped in June by a drug gang boss who allegedly killed two Jesuit priests

The Times of India

Lucknow: Thrashed, filmed naked, car dealer dodges kidnappers

LUCKNOW: A car dealer was allegedly kidnapped by a group of 13 men led by a Government Railway Police constable from outside KGMU Trauma Centre and taken to a garage where he was beaten, kicked, given electric shocks and filmed naked by the perpetrators on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Kidnapped Congolese woman repeatedly raped and forced to eat human flesh, rights group says

UN official says security situation in country has deteriorated due to intensified attacks against civilians

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