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Factbox-Separatist insurgency in Indonesia's Papua region

The kidnapping of 37-year-old New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens by separatist rebels in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has thrown a spotlight on the decades-long, low-level insurgency in the remote, resource-rich area.

Reuters

Deadlier and more media savvy, separatist rebels evolve in Indonesia's Papua

Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Indonesia’s Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingly dangerous and media-savvy insurgency for independence.

Reuters

Eagles reserve lineman waives arraignment in rape case

A reserve offensive lineman for the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles will make his initial court appearance in Ohio on rape and kidnapping charges next month after waiving his arraignment in the case

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Hostage takers demand ransom in exchange for release of Australian professor kidnapped in PNG

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

ABC News

FedEx driver formally indicted for kidnap and murder of Athena Strand

Tanner Horner was arrested two days after youngster disappeared from father’s home in Texas

The Independent UK

Delivery driver accused in 7-year-old Athena Strand’s slaying indicted on capital murder, kidnapping charges

DALLAS — The FedEx delivery driver accused in the slaying of 7-year-old Athena Strand has been indicted on capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges by a Wise County grand jury.

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Whatever happened to Mary Agnes Moroney? DNA tests appear to solve 1930s mystery of missing Chicago girl

A new investigation into the kidnapping led her family to conclude she grew up as Jeanette Burchard, became a nurse and had three children, and died in Florida 20 years ago. “She was loved very much,” her daughter said.

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Insecurity threatens Nigeria's democracy as voters elect a new president

Bandits spraying villages with bullets, killing residents and setting buildings ablaze. Rampant cattle rustling and clashes between farmers and herders. Mass kidnappings for ransom.

Reuters

Connecticut man pleads guilty again in 2020 killings

A 26-year-old Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges in connection with killings in 2020 that ended after a six-day multistate manhunt

The Independent UK

Warren Jeffs’ nephew charged with kidnapping 10-year-old girl

Heber Jeffs arrested after he removed child from his Utah home allegedly on instructions from convicted child sex criminal

The Independent UK

New US parole program for Haitians leads to long passport lines, cops fleeing the country

A hastily created U.S. policy to curb irregular migration at the United States’ border with Mexico is having unintended consequences in Haiti, one of the four countries whose nationals can apply for the program and where the Biden administration is spending tens of millions of dollars to help the police…

Miami Herald

Man sentenced to further 21 months in prison after kidnapping, stealing from woman in Gippsland

A man who has spent most of his adult life in prison has been sentenced to another 21 months behind bars after he kidnapped a woman in Moe in Victoria's east in 2021.

ABC News

Trio accused of murdering Cassius Turvey face court over alleged kidnapping of another teen

Three people accused of murdering Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey face court for the first time on a new charge of kidnapping another Perth teenager in the days before the alleged fatal assault.

ABC News

Lawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching

Researchers last year found an unserved search warrant on an accuser connected to the Chicago teen’s torture and death. Till’s cousin wants the warrant served on Carolyn Bryant.

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Miami Herald

US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not its only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

Daily Record

Missing teenage girl found pregnant in a wardrobe 18 months after her disappearance

Police in the US are pursuing kidnapping charges by the girl's mother after she went missing in 2021.

Los Angeles Times

US State Department warns to avoid parts of Mexico over ongoing violence, kidnappings

The State Department is urging U.S. citizens to avoid travel to parts of Mexico over fears of kidnappings and other crime across multiple states, renewing warnings as tourists make travel plans for spring break season.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit seeks white woman's arrest in Emmett Till kidnapping

A relative of Emmett Till is suing to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955 arrest warrant on a white woman in the kidnapping that led to Till's lynching

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Daily Record

'Vigilante' gang jailed after abducting and murdering innocent dad

Christopher Hughes was brutally murdered by a group of eight men on February 18 last year after the vigilante gang abducted him and tortured him to death

Liverpool Echo

Faces of eight men jailed for life after hunting down and murdering former boxer

Vigilantes bundled dad into the boot of an Audi before dumping his body on a country road

Manchester Evening News

BREAKING: Sadistic gang who kidnapped dad they wrongly suspected of rape and hacked him to death jailed for 235 years

Christopher Hughes was viciously slaughtered by the gang

Liverpool Echo

Vigilantes bundled dad into boot of Audi and left mutilated body on road

Eight men have been jailed for life after abducting and brutally murdering former boxer Christopher Hughes

ABC News

West Papuan separatist group makes demands to Australia, New Zealand after kidnapping Kiwi pilot Philip Mehrtens, burning plane

A West Papuan separatist group is demanding Australia and New Zealand sever military ties with Indonesia after kidnapping a New Zealand pilot on Tuesday.

Miami Herald

US is training Haiti police to combat gangs, but that’s not only security worry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Kidnappings are rampant, averaging one every six hours last year, while killings are up, with 2,200 homicides in 2022, a dramatic increase over the previous year.

ABC News

Vicki Newton faces Darwin court over alleged kidnapping of five-year-old grandson

A woman is released on bail after earlier facing court over the alleged abduction of her five-year-old grandson in Darwin's northern suburbs.

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