Kidnapping News
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Miami -
A former Black Panther who hijacked an airplane in 1984 and diverted it to Cuba was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Miami.William Potts, 57, will be eligible for early release on parole after seven years.
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by AFP
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Jerusalem -
Israel is to indict three Jewish extremists with murder over the brutal killing of a Palestinian teenager, officials said Monday, as it emerged their initial target was an eight-year-old child.
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by AFP
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Kiev -
A new Amnesty International report on Friday highlighted the "hundreds" of abductions and incidents of torture by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and also criticised the excessive force used by government forces.
In the Media
by AFP
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Maiduguri -
More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday, but more than 200 schoolgirls are still being held by the Islamists.
In the Media
by AFP
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Umm El Fahm -
Clashes sparked by the abduction and murder of a Palestinian teenager spread from east Jerusalem to Arab towns inside Israel, as autopsy reports showed he was burned alive.
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Umm El Fahm -
Clashes sparked by the abduction and murder of a Palestinian teenager spread from east Jerusalem to Arab towns inside Israel on Saturday, as autopsy reports showed he was burned alive.
In the Media
by AFP
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Ramallah -
A Palestinian teenager whose abduction and murder caused violent protests was burned alive, autopsy reports show, as clashes over the killing spread Saturday from east Jerusalem to Arab Israeli towns.
In the Media
by Hossam Ezzedine (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Thousands of Palestinians, some firing weapons into the air, took part Friday in the emotionally charged east Jerusalem funeral of a Palestinian teenager believed murdered by Israelis.
In the Media
by Majeda El-Batsh (AFP)
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Baghdad -
Forty-six Indian nurses trapped in Iraq's conflict were freed on Friday after getting caught up in a swift militant offensive that has overrun swathes of territory and threatens "Syria-like chaos".
In the Media
by Prashant Rao (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after the murder of three Israeli youths and a Palestinian teenager.
In the Media
by Majeda El-Batsh (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israel warned Hamas Thursday against any escalation in violence, reinforcing its Gaza border amid continued rocket fire and heightened tensions after three Israeli youths and a Palestinian teenager were murdered.
In the Media
by Majeda El-Batsh (AFP)
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Tokyo -
Japan will revoke some of its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, the prime minister announced Thursday, rewarding progress in a probe of the Cold War kidnapping of Japanese nationals.
In the Media
by Shingo Ito (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Violence flared in Jerusalem as angry Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police following the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teen in an apparent revenge attack, prompting international calls for calm.
In the Media
by Majeda El-Batsh and Philippe Agret (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
A Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and killed Wednesday in an apparent act of revenge for the murder by militants of three Israeli youths, triggering violent clashes in east Jerusalem.
In the Media
by Majeda El-Batsh (AFP) - 5 comments
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Halhul -
Israel has vowed to make Hamas pay for the murder of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, but the Islamist movement warned any reprisal attacks would open "the gates of hell".
In the Media
by Hazem Bader (AFP)
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Gaza -
Any Israeli action to punish Hamas for the alleged murder of three teenagers whose bodies were found on Monday would open "the gates of hell," the Islamist movement warned.
In the Media
by AFP
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Jerusalem -
Israel on Monday confirmed finding the bodies of three teenagers who disappeared in the southern West Bank on June 12, blaming the Islamist Hamas movement for their kidnapping and murder.
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For some time now the Boko Haram fighters have waged yet another holy war and sowed terror through Nigerian areas. Now the environment is actually flushing them out of many of their hiding spots due to venomous snakes and bees.
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Bridgewater -
A 65-year-old man received the penitentiary sentence after he was convicted of sexual assaulting a 16-year-old boy who was kidnapped and being held in a cabin by two other men.
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Maiduguri -
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized.
In the Media
by Bukar Hussain (AFP) - 1 comment
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Jerusalem -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday for condemning the alleged kidnapping of three teenagers by Hamas, but slammed his unity pact with the Islamist movement.
In the Media
by AFP
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Maiduguri -
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized.
In the Media
by Bukar Hussain (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israeli troops detained 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during the night as its arrest campaign entered its 11th day on Monday, with no sign of three teenagers thought kidnapped by Hamas.
In the Media
by AFP
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Jerusalem -
Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank early Sunday in separate clashes that erupted as they made more arrests in the hunt for three missing teenagers.
In the Media
by Jonah Mandel (AFP)
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Bagnols -
Most people don't particularly enjoy a visit to the dentist, but this 12-year-old boy really didn't want to go. In fact, he dreaded his appointment so much, he actually faked his own kidnapping.
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Jerusalem -
Israeli security forces have arrested 10 more Palestinians in the West Bank as they press their search for three teenagers believed to have been kidnapped, the army said on Saturday.
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Hebron -
Israeli soldiers killed a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank Friday as they pressed a crackdown on the Islamist movement Hamas in the search for three missing teenagers.
In the Media
by Samih Shaheen (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israeli troops arrested some 30 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight as they ramped up a search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by Hamas, the army said on Thursday.
In the Media
by Hazel Ward (AFP)
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Jerusalem -
Israeli troops arrested some 30 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight as they ramped up a search for three teenagers believed kidnapped by Hamas, the army said on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Jerusalem -
Israel further tightened its grip on the West Bank Wednesday, arresting another 65 people, as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas lashed out at those behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers.
In the Media
by Hazel Ward (AFP)
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Kidnapping Image
Screen capture from CBC News
Lisa Ann McKay at her manslaughter trial, 2006
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Police Photo
Chloe Rodriguez
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Chibok school girls who escaped from the Boko Haram Islamists gather to receive informations from officials on May 5, 2014
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Video screen capture
Spaniard Ángel Sánchez proposed to María Concepción Marlaska during a press conference on their rescue from a kidnapping in Colombia.
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Family handout
Marie Dedieu was suffering from cancer and she was disabled and the kidnappers left behind her wheelchair.
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Video screen capture
María Concepción Marlaska and Ángel Sánchez were kidnapped in Colombia. On being rescued they publicly announced a wedding.
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California Highway Patrol
James Lee Dimaggio, 40, left; Ethan Anderson, 8, middle; and Hannah Anderson, 16, right.
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San Augustine Sheriff's Office
A mugshot of Krystle Rochelle Tanner
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San Diego Sheriff’s Department
James Lee DiMaggio, suspected of kidnapping two children
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Afghan Parliament
The Taliban have kidnapped Afghan MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar in Ghazni, as she and her children were travelling in a rural area south of the capital Kabul
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Mothers of the missing Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists gather to receive information from officials on May 5, 2014
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Police handout
Ariel Castro, a man convicted of kidnapping three women in Ohio. He committed suicide in his prison cell
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Courtesy the Find Lisa Facebook page
Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin reported missing from family home since Oct. 4
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Yuvalhuck/Wikimedia Commons
The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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Rajesh Jantilal, AFP
A young South African student in Durban writes a message on a blackboard during a "BringBackOurGirls" school project on May 15, 2014
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Mothers of the missing Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists gather to receive informations from officials on May 5, 2014
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