As reported by Catholicculture.org, a French missionary priest was kidnapped in Cameroon on November 13, the Fides news service reports. Father Georges Vandenbeusch, a Fidei Donum priest who has worked in the region for 3 years, was seized by men who are believed to be from Nigeria, and likely members of the Boko Haram terrorist group. Read Article
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bbc.co.uk reported that a Polish photojournalist kidnapped in Syria three months ago is home after escaping from his captors, Poland’s foreign ministry has announced. Marcin Suder was abducted by masked gunmen in north-western Syria in July. Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, announced Mr Suder’s return on Twitter, saying the journalist was “already back home.” Read […]
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globaltimes.cn reported that four Frenchmen held captive for three years by an Al Qaeda offshoot in North Africa were reunited with their families on Wednesday, as sources said at least 20 million euros ($28 million) had been paid in ransom. The four men, who were kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in northern […]
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According to manilatimes.net, Philippine police launched an operation on Sunday to rescue a Chinese trader kidnapped in the southern province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said. Officials said the Lee Tan, 37, was kidnapped on his way to pay a Filipino creditor in Zamboanga del Sur’s Aurora town. His Filipino wife, Melfe, has reported the […]
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Thepeninsulaqatar.com reports that gunmen shot dead the German ambassador’s bodyguard in Sana’a yesterday as others kidnapped a Sierra Leonean working for the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), sources said. Gunmen in a vehicle opened fire at the bodyguard as he was leaving a store in the southern Hada district, where foreign embassies are located, a […]
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According to dnaindia.com, Navi Mumbai crime branch has arrested a 40-year-old for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl from Bangladesh on Saturday. Munir Ghazi, a resident of Shirvane village in Nerul, had kept the 15-year-old at his residence and allegedly tortured her for around 10 days. One of his neighbours, who is also a […]
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According to elpais.com, Spanish journalist Marc Marginedas, a special correspondent for El Periódico de Catalunya, has been in the hands of a rebel group in Syria since September 4, the newspaper confirmed on Monday. Marginedas, 46, was traveling in a car with his driver when they were stopped by jihadist insurgents outside Hama, in the […]
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According to themedialine.org, an American editor and photographer who has been living in Yemen since 2011 was snatched by armed tribesmen in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and taken to an unknown location, a security official told The Media Line. Luke Somers, 31, who has been working as an English language website editor for the […]
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Gulfnews.com reports that kidnappers of an Indian worker in Sohar, about 230km north of Muscat, have threatened to kill their hostage if their demand for a ransom is not met by midnight Sunday, according to the victim’s brother. “We were initially asked to deposit 50,000 Pakistani rupees (Dh1,719) in a bank account in Pakistan which […]
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According to dailystar.com.lb, a Syrian national was kidnapped early Thursday in the Bekaa Valley, a security source told The Daily Star. The source said Mounir Khfeili was kidnapped by four men in a dark gray Mitsubishi when he arrived at his home in the Western Bekaa village of Hawsh al-Harimeh at 12:30 a.m. The police […]
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