According to thenational.ae, “Two men who kidnapped and raped a woman after her drink was spiked at a Dubai nightclub had their ten-year jail terms upheld by the Appeals Court today. The woman, from the UK, became disoriented after drinking at the Rock Bottom Cafe in the Regent Palace Hotel in Bur Dubai on July […]
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As covered by canada.com, “A British businessman was abducted Saturday in Lagos, a rare case of expatriate kidnapping in this West African nation’s commercial centre, Nigerian police said Tuesday. Nigeria’s police spokesman Frank Mba told The Associated Press that kidnappers probably followed their victim as he was leaving a nightclub in Victoria Island, one of […]
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As reported by vanguardngr.com, “AN expatriate has been kidnapped in Lagos, the US consulate said Sunday, but no further details were immediately available. A US consulate spokeswoman did not reveal the nationality of the victim. Such incidents are rare in Lagos, though kidnappings for ransom occur regularly in the southern oil-producing Niger Delta region and […]
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Foreignpolicy.com repoted that Yemen’s tribal practice of kidnapping to extort concessions by the government in Sanaa and ransom payments from abroad has two faces. At one extreme is the romanticized version of rural tribesmen taking hostages and, in accordance with Yemeni tribal custom, treating them as honored guests until an agreement is mediated with the […]
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Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram suspected of kidnapping French family thelocal.fr reported that a kidnapped French family of seven has likely been separated into two groups by their abductors, France said, as Nigerian security forces combed restive border areas to find them. The members of the family – a couple, their children aged five, eight, […]
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As covered by dailytrust.com, “Gunmen yesterday kidnapped seven expatriate workers in Jama’are local government in Bauchi State. Reuters reports that the gunmen kidnapped the foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed the Lebanese construction company Setraco yesterday. Those abducted were a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese workers, including two women, […]
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