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7 including 5 kidnappers killed in Northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghan security personnel attacked a band of kidnappers in the northern Balkh province to try to rescue the two people they held, killing seven people including the five kidnappers, provincial official Mawlavi Zabiullah Nurani said Mon
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Gunmen abduct former Nigerian president's staff
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], September 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian police on Thursday confirmed they have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers of three staff of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the country's southwestern state of Ogun.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria release 28 abducted schoolchildren, says report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The kidnappers in the Nigerian state of Kaduna released 28 Bethel Baptist Academy students abducted three weeks ago, Sputnik reported citing local newspapers on Sunday.
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Students protest 11-year-old's kidnapping in Pakistan's North Waziristan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Students of a private school staged a protest and blocked the main road in Pakistan's North Waziristan after an 11-year-old was abducted, while he was on his way home from school, by unknown car-borne kidnappers.
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One of Stuart MacGill's alleged kidnappers tells court he wasn't aware of
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Sydney [Australia], May 11 (ANI): One of the people accused of kidnapping former Australian Test leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has told a court that he was oblivious of the alleged kidnapping plot. MacGill was abducted and released in an alleged kidnapping in Sydney last month. Police have arre
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13-year-old girl missing from Delhi rescued from kidnappers in Bihar's Rax
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): In an inter-state operation spanning over 1,000 kilometres, Delhi Police has managed to rescue a 13-year-old girl child, who was kidnapped in Bawana from kidnappers near Bihar's Raxaul border area.
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Boy rescued, six who demanded bitcoin as ransom held from Karnataka's Daks
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka) [India], December 20 (ANI): In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy was kidnapped from Ujire area of Dakshina Kannada and the abductors allegedly demanded ransom in Bitcoin. The minor was later rescued from Kolar on Saturday and six accused persons have bee
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Pakistani rights group demands justice for Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian gir
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), a human rights group, condemned the abduction and demanded justice for 16-year-old Sheeza Maqsood, a Christian girl from Faisalabad who escaped kidnappers.
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2 killed as Nigerian troops rescue 9 from kidnappers
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Two people were killed when security forces responded to a call to rescue nine travelers in northern Nigeria, an official confirmed on Monday.
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Bengaluru Police solves kidnapping case of minor boy within a day; 6 held
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The Bengaluru city police nabbed six people and successfully solved the kidnapping case of an 11-year-old boy within a day and reunited him with his family unharmed.
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Five, including two friends, held for killing abducted Kanpur lab technici
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 24 (ANI): Five people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping case of Sanjeet Yadav. However, the victim has allegedly been killed by kidnappers, the Kanpur Police informed on Friday.
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Anil Deshmukh releases list of 101 people arrested in Palghar lynching
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday released the list of 101 people who have been arrested in the Palghar lynching incident, saying that the incident occurred due to rumours on social media about child kidnappers and thieves roam
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