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More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, authorities have confirmed. Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of children from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in northwestern Katsina state last Friday. Around 800 students had been present at the school when it was attacked by armed men on … Read more
The mother of an eight-year-old girl allegedly abducted after a trip to McDonald’s with her ‘babysitter’ told today of her ‘huge relief’ that she had been found safe and well. The youngster went missing for nearly 24-hours after being taken by family friend Annmarie Lawton and a man known only as Adam to McDonald’s. The … Read more
Boy who was abducted as a five-year-old in Indonesia is reunited with his family 11 years later after using Google Maps to find market he remembered visiting as a child Ervan Anjasworo, 17, from Indonesia was snatched by street performer aged five The entertainer forced Ervan to perform with him on the streets for two … Read more
A father who abducted his three children from their foster home ‘smuggled them out of the UK in the back of a van’, police believe. Imran Safi, 26, snatched Bilal, 6, Ebrar, 5, and Yaseen, 3, from a foster home in south London, just before they were due to be adopted before taking them to … Read more
This is the touching moment two elderly Chinese parents are reunited with their long-lost son 38 years after he was abducted. The 70-year-old man and his wife had spent the last nearly four decades praying for the return of their child, nicknamed Jin Shui, who was snatched from their home at the age of two … Read more
Ex-policeman, 39, who quit the force after abducting schoolgirl, 15, and her friend wins battle to become a taxi driver 13 years after conviction Imran Ali resigned after luring the girls into his vehicle in Manchester in 2006 He applied for a private hire licence earlier this year but saw it turned down Magistrates yesterday … Read more
The man portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda as saving the lives of more than 1,200 people from genocide was ‘kidnapped’ while in Dubai, his daughter has claimed. The appearance of Paul Rusesabagina, 66, in handcuffs in Rwanda’s capital on Monday prompted concern among some human rights activists who worried that the outspoken critic of … Read more
Horrifying moment that will chill every parent: Girl, four, is lured into a car and abducted at a petrol station in Ukraine while her mother was paying inside Elizaveta Kolisnichenko was abducted from a petrol station in Boryspil, Ukraine A man, dressed in all black, can be seen ushering her into a white car on … Read more
Chilling moment wandering young boy is abducted by a woman in broad daylight before being rescued by police in China The child had been out with his grandfather before he suddenly wandered off He was then spotted by a stranger while walking on the street alone, police said Chilling footage shows the woman speaking to … Read more
A British mother has released a harrowing video of her daughter being kidnapped and bundled into a car in Libya as she battles to bring her abducted children home. Tanya Borg’s two daughters were snatched by their father in 2015 and taken to Libya, where they have been held ever since by his conservative Islamic … Read more