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Gunmen kidnap at least 50 people in northwestern Nigeria
2 weeks ago

Gunmen kidnap at least 50 people in northwestern Nigeria

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed men kidnapped dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria, residents and the police told The Associated Press on Tuesday, in the latest mass abduction in the region. The gunmen abducted at least 50 people, including several women and children, in the Maradun area of the state of Zamfara over the weekend, residents said. Kidnappings have become common …

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Gunmen storm a camp in Pakistan’s southwest and kidnap 20 laborers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunmen storm a camp in Pakistan’s southwest and kidnap 20 laborers

Associated Press  

QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen stormed a camp in Pakistan’s southwest and kidnapped 20 laborers, police said Sunday. The assistant commissioner of Musa Khel district, Dilraj Kalara, said the armed men entered the camp on Sunday morning, torching bulldozers and other machinery and seizing the men. On Sunday, Punjab’s Information and Culture Minister Azma Zahid Bokhari said authorities were deeply upset …

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300 Bike-Borne Men Kidnap 150, Kill 8 In Nigeria In Latest Mass Abduction Case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

300 Bike-Borne Men Kidnap 150, Kill 8 In Nigeria In Latest Mass Abduction Case

News 18  

Gunmen attacked a remote village in central Nigeria, killing eight people and kidnapped about 150 more in the country’s latest mass abduction, officials told AFP on Monday. Attackers on motorbikes stormed Kuchi village in Niger state on Friday night, where they killed eight people and “abducted about 150 villagers,” local government chairman Aminu Najume said. Rights group Amnesty International condemned …

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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap at least 87 in Kaduna state after it apprehended over 300 school children
9 months, 1 week ago

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap at least 87 in Kaduna state after it apprehended over 300 school children

India TV News  

Abuja: Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 87 people, including women and children in Kaduna state, residents and police said on Monday. Kidnappings by criminal gangs demanding ransom payments have become an almost daily occurrence in Nigeria, especially in the north, with authorities seemingly powerless to stop them. 300 school children abducted last week in Nigeria The case of …

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Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them

Associated Press  

KURIGA, Nigeria — Rashidat Hamza is in despair. Children stand outside the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Nigerian army patrol near LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Children play at the LEA Primary and …

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Nigeria SHOCKER: Assailants kidnap nearly 300 school children in latest case of mass abductions I VIDEO
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nigeria SHOCKER: Assailants kidnap nearly 300 school children in latest case of mass abductions I VIDEO

India TV News  

Abuja: Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northwest. “We have never seen this kind of thing where our children were abducted from their school,” she told an Associated Press team that arrived in the Kaduna State town to report on Thursday’s …

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Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. School abductions are common in Nigeria’s northern region, especially since the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by …

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Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy booked on charges of kidnap bid
1 year, 10 months ago

Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy booked on charges of kidnap bid

The Hindu  

Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, who has alleged that his phone was tapped at the behest of the YSR Congress Party leadership, has landed in trouble with the Nellore police registering an attempt-to-kidnap case against him. The MLA, who was provided with two plus two gunmen hitherto, has been given one plus one security personnel now, the police sources …

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Gunmen kidnap 19 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack
2 years ago

Gunmen kidnap 19 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack

Hindustan Times  

Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police said Sunday. Last month, 15 people were killed and several others wounded in a series of bandit attacks on villages in neighbouring Kaduna state, say the authorities. The attackers stormed the mosque in Maigamji village, in Katsina state, during evening prayers Saturday and carried …

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Suspected drug cartel gunmen kidnap two female soldiers vacationing at Mexico beach
2 years, 7 months ago

Suspected drug cartel gunmen kidnap two female soldiers vacationing at Mexico beach

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two female soliders were …

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Gunmen kidnap more than 75 people in northwest Nigeria
3 years, 4 months ago

Gunmen kidnap more than 75 people in northwest Nigeria

The Hindu  

Armed gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Saturday, the latest in a slew of abductions that have plagued the West African country's west. "The number of people kidnapped from Rini must be more than seventy five," said Aliyu Tungar-Rini, a resident of the community in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state. Habu Abubakar, …

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Gunmen Kidnap 140 School Students in Northwest Nigeria
3 years, 5 months ago

Gunmen Kidnap 140 School Students in Northwest Nigeria

News 18  

Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday, the latest in a wave of mass abductions targetting schoolchildren and students. The attackers scaled a fence to break into the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state in the early hours of Monday, taking away most of the 165 pupils boarding …

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Gunmen kidnap baby in raid on Nigeria hospital
3 years, 5 months ago

Gunmen kidnap baby in raid on Nigeria hospital

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kidnappings have become endemic in northern Nigeria: this is …

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Gunmen Kidnap More Than 100 Children from Islamic Seminary in Nigeria: Authorities
3 years, 6 months ago

Gunmen Kidnap More Than 100 Children from Islamic Seminary in Nigeria: Authorities

News 18  

Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria’s Niger state, police and residents said. Some 200 children were at the school at the time of the attack, the Niger state government said on Twitter, adding that “an unconfirmed number” were taken. Niger state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers arrived on motorbikes in …

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