Boy, 12, is abducted, sexually assaulted and shot before being dumped on a street in Miami Police in Miami are searching for the person who sexually assaulted a boy, 12 Boy was walking around 2am in the Brownsville area of northwest Miami A man pulled up, forced the boy into a vehicle, and sexually assaulted … Read more
BBC journalist is feared abducted by Myanmar military: Broadcaster ‘extremely concerned’ for reporter’s safety after he was ‘taken away’ as country rounds up media following coup The BBC has issued a statement concerning its Burmese reporter Aung Thura He was reportedly abducted by ‘unidentified men’ in capital Naypyidaw today It said it was now calling … Read more
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
Indonesian boy who was abducted by street performer when he was five tracks down his family 11 years later using Google Maps and finding the 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 … 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
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
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
A young pro surfer was held captive on a squalid houseboat and raped every night for two months after she was kidnapped in India. Carmen Greentree was just 22 when she took time out from surfing to study under the Dalai Lama in the Himalayas in May 2004. After saying goodbye to her parents in … Read more
Dismembered bodies of seven police officers who were among 10 kidnapped in Mexico are found in a mini van Police on Monday found the bodies of seven cops who were kidnapped in the Mexican state of Jalisco last Thursday The dismembered bodies were located in black plastic bags inside a mini van that had been … Read more