France on Wednesday urged its citizens to leave northern Cameroon after seven members of a French family were seized in a kidnapping officials suspect was carried out by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. The family — a couple, their children aged five, eight, 10 and 12 and an uncle — were snatched in northern Cameroon by six gunmen on three motorbikes on Tuesday and officials said they had been taken across the border into Nigeria. Read Article
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Gunmen from Nigeria kidnapped a French family that included four children on Tuesday in northern Cameroon near the border with Nigeria, French President Francois Hollande said. They were apparently tourists, he said. The risk of attacks on French nationals and interests in Africa has risen since France sent forces into Mali last month to help […]
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The ELN announced Monday in a statement that “Canada remains” in his possession, after the Friday release his five fellow prisoners, all mine workers Geo Explorer. The armed group did not specify the reasons why the engineer did not provide Jernoc Wobert, VP Exploration of the Company, but justified the kidnapping in their struggle against […]
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VICTIMS: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE FROM UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY, GREECE, AND LEBANON Company: Setraco construction ft.com reported that gunmen in northeastern Nigeria kidnapped up to seven foreign workers from the UK, Italy, Greece and Lebanon during a raid on a construction company compound on Saturday night, police said. It is the biggest kidnapping of foreign nationals […]
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elcolombiano.com reported at 11:00 am, the Minister of Defense, Juan Carlos Pinzón, began meeting with delegates of the International Red Cross to arrange the release protocol of three soldiers kidnapped by the FARC and the ELN kidnapped German . On the other hand, the ELN called on Monday to the German Government to appoint a […]
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Two German captives in Colombia by the leftist ELN are retirees who were in this country as tourists, said Tuesday the German Embassy in Bogotá, indicating that the German Foreign Ministry activated a crisis unit. German captives are: Uwe Breur y Gunther Otto Breuer According to elnuevoherald.com, Two German citizens are currently deprived of their […]
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According to interaksyon.com, “The Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group Abu Sayyaf is holding at least five more foreigners hostage in the island-province of Sulu, police said. Senior Superintendent Renato Gumban, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Kidnapping Group, said that aside from Jordanian journalist Baker Abdulla Atyani, also being held hostage are Australian Warren Rodwell, European […]
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As reported by tourexpi.com, “A Filipino engineer was locked inside his Saudi Arabia hotel room for four days because he was unable to pay all of his bill. An Egyptian hotel employee locked up the guest in his room and slipped food for him beneath the door, Emirates 24/7 reported.” Read Article
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As reported by International Business Times, “Islamist militants in Algeria have taken at least 20 foreign nationals hostage and killed at least two after seizing a gas field Wednesday in the town of In Amenas near the border with Libya, state media reported.” Read Article
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Three American travelers were kidnapped, brutally beaten and robbed over a two-day period while on a mountain climbing trip in Peru. Jennifer Wolfrom, her brother Joseph Wolfrom and his wife Meghan Doherty, all from Jackson, Wyoming, told authorities that they were kidnapped, beaten and robbed by villagers in Palca, near Cuzco, on December 29-30. Read […]
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