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Bandipora encounter: Terrorists hold civilians hostage, security forces re
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Two civilians were taken hostage by terrorists during an encounter in Hajin locality of north Kashmir's Bandipora district, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Thursday. One of the two has been rescued safely and efforts are underway to rescu
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Trump argues to be ‘misinterpreted’ regarding Otto Warmbier’s death
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) argued that he was ‘misinterpreted’ regarding the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student, who was arrested in North Korea last year for allegedly removing a political p
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British journalist taken hostage by ISIS believed to be alive
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom believes that British journalist John Cantlie, who was taken hostage by ISIS in 2012, is still alive and being held by the terrorist outfit.
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USA: 5 shot dead in Florida hostage situation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Florida [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): At least five people have lost their lives after a hostage situation apparently went downhill at a SunTrust retail bank in Sebring here on Wednesday (local time).
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Cong demands action after Goa casino holds its employees hostage
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Three employees of a casino here were held hostage for days and brutally thrashed owing to an alleged discrepancy of over Rs 1.80 crore in the accounts, claimed Congress party on Saturday.
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Taliban takes 40 travellers as hostage
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 2 (ANI): At least 40 passengers and drivers were abducted by the Taliban in Samangan province of Northern Afghanistan here on Sunday, Samangan police spokesman Mohammad Munir Rahimi has informed.
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Indian IL&FS employees held hostage in Ethiopia, India in talks with autho
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Indian authorities have contacted the Ethiopian authorities and have placed the case of the seven Indians Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Ltd. employees being held hostage in Ethiopia on priority, sources said on Friday.
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Cameroon: 78 students, driver released by kidnappers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Yaounde [Cameroon], Nov 07 (ANI): Seventy-eight children and a driver, kidnapped in west Cameroon's Bamenda, were on Wednesday released by their captors, although the school's principal and a teacher are still being held hostage.
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Cologne hostage siege ends, captor severely injured by police forces
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Cologne [Germany], Oct 16 (ANI): Police were successful in severely wounding the captor who had taken a girl hostage in the Breslauer Platz area here on Monday.
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Bhopal woman held hostage by jilted lover rescued
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): The woman, who was held hostage at gun-point at her residence in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city for over 12 hours, has been rescued.
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Jilted lover locks up girl at her house
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Jul 13 (ANI): In an unusual incident, a man has allegedly held a girl hostage at her house in Bhopal.
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Paris hostages freed, gunman arrested
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 13 (ANI): A four-hour hostage standoff in Paris came to an end with the police arresting the armed man and freeing those held.
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