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Kidnap

ukrainian children

Bobby McDonagh: We should remember the abducted Ukrainian children at Christmas

Bobby McDonagh

24 Dec 2024

8.0k

Gavin Plumb

Man found guilty of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder British TV presenter Holly Willoughby

4 Jul 2024

13.7k

Gavin Plumb

Holly Willoughby kidnap fantasy ‘dark and twisted… but a fantasy nonetheless’, court hears

2 Jul 2024

16.5k

children at risk

Ukraine's stolen children: 'They are forcibly adopted by Russians who are strangers to them'

Seán Fleming

18 Jun 2024

12.5k

cross border operation

Four arrested after armed gardaí intercept car on M50 following reported kidnapping in Belfast

22 Mar 2024

30.6k

Irish History

Extract: Our mother was left vulnerable after we lost our father during the kidnapping standoff

Ronan McGreevy & Tommy Conlon

23 Oct 2023

17.4k

Wantaway

Torres jokes he'll 'kidnap' Dembele to make him stay at Barcelona

6 Apr 2022

7.2k

kidnap claims

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have kidnapped mayor of Melitopol

12 Mar 2022

15.3k

Old Bailey

Police officer pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

8 Jun 2021

38.2k

zamfara

All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released - governor

2 Mar 2021

7.3k

Malibu

Ex-NFL star Joe Montana and wife block attempted kidnapping of grandchild

28 Sep 2020

52.8k

Joseph McCann

Man (34) facing life in prison in UK over string of 'horrific' attacks on women and children

Updated 6 Dec 2019

32.3k

jayme closs

US man pleads guilty to kidnapping girl and killing her parents

28 Mar 2019

23.0k

tiger kidnap

Man jailed for 18 years over €92k robbery in which three women were abducted from home

1 Feb 2019

13.6k

anne hagen

Ransom demanded for Norwegian millionaire's wife after suspected kidnapping

9 Jan 2019

33.5k

emotional toll

'I played while my father was in the hands of bandits': Mikel reveals kidnap ordeal overshadowed Argentina clash

3 Jul 2018

8.7k

lana del rey

A man in Florida has been arrested for attempting to kidnap Lana Del Rey

5 Feb 2018

4.2k

phoenix

94-year-old Arizona woman frees herself from attempted kidnap after seven hours locked in boot of car

8 Nov 2017

19.5k

Chloe Ayling

British model speaks of 'terrifying' kidnap in Italy after allegedly facing sale as sex slave

7 Aug 2017

49.8k

South Carolina

Footage shows moment woman chained up for two months by serial killer is rescued

11 Jun 2017

59.1k

Bohol

Five dead as militants attack Philippine tourist island

11 Apr 2017

23.3k

Abduction

Man threatened to cut off penis of man he wrongly thought was a sex offender

21 Dec 2016

20.7k

barring order

Woman says partner kidnapped and raped her after she left him

9 Dec 2016

18.9k

Abduction

Kidnapped California woman found tied up at the side of a road was branded by captors

1 Dec 2016

52.5k

Ukraine

'Caught red-handed': Teacher held for trying to sell 13-year-old schoolgirl

23 Nov 2016

36.6k

Kidnap

Former restaurant manager suspected in the kidnapping of millionaire hotel magnate

28 Oct 2016

15.6k

violent demonstrations

Bolivian minister beaten to death by striking miners

26 Aug 2016

22.9k

zephany nurse

South African woman jailed for 10 years for kidnapping baby she raised as her own

15 Aug 2016

25.9k

child snatching

Teenage girls admit to kidnapping two-year-old girl from Primark in Newcastle

7 Jun 2016

29.1k

Manhunt

New York puts bounty on the heads of two escaped murderers after "Shawshank" style breakout

8 Jun 2015

19.5k

rip chloe

Man charged with kidnap, rape and murder of girl (9) snatched from playground

18 Apr 2015

24.2k

findbecky

Two arrested on suspicion of murder following disappearance of Becky Watts

2 Mar 2015

18.3k

South Sudan

89 boys abducted by armed soldiers while doing their exams

23 Feb 2015

13.9k

Cameroon

Boko Haram kidnap 60 people, mostly women and children, in cross-border attack

18 Jan 2015

8.8k

allenby abduction

Aussie golfer Allenby 'glad to survive' apparent kidnap from a Honolulu wine bar

18 Jan 2015

5.5k

islamic state

Frenchman kidnapped by terrorists in Algeria

22 Sep 2014

6.8k

Kidnapping

"They beat me with their fists, a chair, anything they could find. They stubbed out cigarettes on my leg and electrocuted me."

11 Jul 2014

19.5k

tensions

Israel arrests Palestinian politician in giant manhunt for kidnapped teenagers

16 Jun 2014

6.1k

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OPCW

Chemical watchdog denies claim from Syrian government its team has been kidnapped

27 May 2014

3.7k

United States

Californian man charged with decade-long kidnap of ex-girlfriend's daughter

23 May 2014

10.2k

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