# Kidnap

Last year

2022

# Wantaway

Torres jokes he'll 'kidnap' Dembele to make him stay at Barcelona

The Frenchman has been revitalised by Xavi Hernandez.

7.2k

Apr 6th 2022, 8:50 PM

# kidnap claims

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have kidnapped mayor of Melitopol

Moscow captured the city, which has a population of 150,000, on 26 February.

15.2k

Mar 12th 2022, 7:57 AM

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# Old Bailey

Police officer pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

Wayne Couzens accepted responsibility for the killing of Ms Everard but was not asked to enter a plea to a charge of murder.

38.1k

Jun 8th 2021, 10:21 AM

# zamfara

All 279 kidnapped Nigerian students released - governor

Nigeria has been rocked by four mass abductions of students in less than three months

7.3k

Mar 2nd 2021, 7:55 AM

# Malibu

Ex-NFL star Joe Montana and wife block attempted kidnapping of grandchild

Police say the woman fled the home but was later arrested. She faces kidnapping and burglary charges.

52.8k

Sep 28th 2020, 7:13 AM

# Joseph McCann

Man (34) facing life in prison in UK over string of 'horrific' attacks on women and children

Joseph McCann moved across five force areas as he evaded police for 15 days.

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Dec 6th 2019, 5:33 PM

# jayme closs

US man pleads guilty to kidnapping girl and killing her parents

The 13-year-old victim was held captive in a remote cabin for three months.

22.9k

Mar 28th 2019, 2:04 PM

# tiger kidnap

Man jailed for 18 years over €92k robbery in which three women were abducted from home

Three women were tied up and abducted during the 2014 incident.

13.5k

Feb 1st 2019, 6:22 PM

# anne hagen

Ransom demanded for Norwegian millionaire's wife after suspected kidnapping

Anne Hagen has been missing since 31 October last year.

33.4k

Jan 9th 2019, 1:05 PM

# emotional toll

'I played while my father was in the hands of bandits': Mikel reveals kidnap ordeal overshadowed Argentina clash

The Nigerian captain was told to call kidnappers hours before last Tuesday’s World Cup group D meeting kicked off.

8.7k

Jul 3rd 2018, 12:35 PM

# lana del rey

A man in Florida has been arrested for attempting to kidnap Lana Del Rey

He was found in possession of a knife and tickets to a Lana Del Rey concert.

4.2k

Feb 5th 2018, 8:35 PM

# phoenix

94-year-old Arizona woman frees herself from attempted kidnap after seven hours locked in boot of car

The elderly woman was locked in the boot of her own car by a man, who then drove the car to a nearby shopping complex and parked it there.

19.5k

Nov 8th 2017, 9:20 PM

# Chloe Ayling

British model speaks of 'terrifying' kidnap in Italy after allegedly facing sale as sex slave

Chloe Ayling spoke to reporters back in London yesterday.

49.8k

Aug 7th 2017, 2:38 PM

# South Carolina

Footage shows moment woman chained up for two months by serial killer is rescued

South Carolina prosecutors released several videos, dozens of pictures and hundreds of pages of evidence against serial killer Todd Kohlhepp.

59.0k

Jun 11th 2017, 4:58 PM

# Bohol

Five dead as militants attack Philippine tourist island

At least one policeman was confirmed killed in the fight.

23.3k

Apr 11th 2017, 7:38 AM

# Abduction

Man threatened to cut off penis of man he wrongly thought was a sex offender

Morgan Doran was one of four men who abducted a young man they wrongly believed sexually assaulted a girl.

20.3k

Dec 21st 2016, 9:37 PM

# barring order

Woman says partner kidnapped and raped her after she left him

She alleged that the man regularly beat her and locked her and their children in their apartment for hours at a time.

18.8k

Dec 9th 2016, 6:28 PM

# Abduction

Kidnapped California woman found tied up at the side of a road was branded by captors

Sherri Papini was abducted while jogging and found three weeks later.

52.5k

Dec 1st 2016, 11:34 AM

# Ukraine

'Caught red-handed': Teacher held for trying to sell 13-year-old schoolgirl

Galyna Kovalenko, 52, faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty.

36.6k

Nov 23rd 2016, 10:05 PM

# Kidnap

Former restaurant manager suspected in the kidnapping of millionaire hotel magnate

Jacqueline Veyrac (76) was found bound in the back of a van in Nice two days after being kidnapped.

15.6k

Oct 28th 2016, 2:36 PM

# violent demonstrations

Bolivian minister beaten to death by striking miners

Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was kidnapped and then killed by his captors.

22.8k

Aug 26th 2016, 8:04 AM

# zephany nurse

South African woman jailed for 10 years for kidnapping baby she raised as her own

The girl’s real identity came to light in February 2015, when her younger biological sister began attending the same school.

25.8k

Aug 15th 2016, 1:46 PM

# child snatching

Teenage girls admit to kidnapping two-year-old girl from Primark in Newcastle

A more serious charge of intent to commit a sexual offence was dropped.

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Jun 7th 2016, 12:35 PM

# Manhunt

New York puts bounty on the heads of two escaped murderers after "Shawshank" style breakout

David Sweat and Richard Matt cut through steel walls to make their getaway.

19.5k

Jun 8th 2015, 7:17 AM

# rip chloe

Man charged with kidnap, rape and murder of girl (9) snatched from playground

Zbigniew Huminski was arrested on Wednesday.

24.2k

Apr 18th 2015, 1:02 PM

# findbecky

Two arrested on suspicion of murder following disappearance of Becky Watts

The man and woman had previously been arrested on suspicion of kidnap.

18.2k

Mar 2nd 2015, 5:32 PM

# South Sudan

89 boys abducted by armed soldiers while doing their exams

UNICEF says that armed soldiers searched the area house by house.

13.9k

Feb 23rd 2015, 6:00 PM

# Cameroon

Boko Haram kidnap 60 people, mostly women and children, in cross-border attack

The Islamist militants ‘burst into two villages and torched homes’.

8.8k

Jan 18th 2015, 7:42 PM

# allenby abduction

Aussie golfer Allenby 'glad to survive' apparent kidnap from a Honolulu wine bar

The Melbourne man was returned to safety by some kindly Hawaiian strangers.

5.5k

Jan 18th 2015, 8:39 AM

# islamic state

Frenchman kidnapped by terrorists in Algeria

It is unclear which group is behind the latest kidnapping.

6.8k

Sep 22nd 2014, 9:43 PM

# Kidnapping

"They beat me with their fists, a chair, anything they could find. They stubbed out cigarettes on my leg and electrocuted me."

Amnesty International says the bulk of the kidnappings are carried out by pro-Russian rebels.

19.4k

Jul 11th 2014, 8:03 AM

# tensions

Israel arrests Palestinian politician in giant manhunt for kidnapped teenagers

More than 150 Palestinians have been arrested in the search for the three teenagers who were snatched from a settlement on Thursday night.

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Jun 16th 2014, 7:58 AM

# OPCW

Chemical watchdog denies claim from Syrian government its team has been kidnapped

All members are “safe”, and are currently returning to base after an attack.

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May 27th 2014, 11:52 AM

# United States

Californian man charged with decade-long kidnap of ex-girlfriend's daughter

Garcia allegedly groomed her while still living with her mother, and then kidnapped her after a fight.

10.2k

May 23rd 2014, 7:42 AM

# Police Appeal

Assault victim kidnapped by group of men, taken to town's outskirts for beating

The 28-year-old man was injured during an assault that took place in fields on the outskirts of Coleraine.

10.5k

Apr 18th 2014, 10:10 AM

# The Troubles

Two women arrested this morning over the Jean McConville case have been released

The women, aged 57 and 60, were questioned at Antrim police station.

9.6k

Apr 17th 2014, 7:53 PM

# Faris Heeney

Family of young Irish boy abducted to Egypt want help from Government

Six-year-old Faris Heeney was kidnapped by his uncle in 2009 and taken to Egypt where he remains with his father.

15.4k

Nov 4th 2013, 9:07 AM

# California

Victim, 16, tells her Ask.fm followers about her kidnap and family's murder

Hannah Anderson went online barely 48 hours after her rescue last Saturday following a manhunt across the United States.

35.0k

Aug 14th 2013, 6:00 PM

# Kidnap

Turkey tells citizens to leave Lebanon after two Turkish pilots kidnapped

Lebanese policemen stand guard outside a hotel where the rest of the Turkish Airlines crew are staying.

4.5k

Aug 9th 2013, 4:06 PM

# ariel castro

Ariel Castro sentenced to life without parole

Judge Michael Russo imposed the hefty sentence for an aggravated murder charge laid after Castro forcibly terminated the pregnancies of one of his captives.

12.7k

Aug 1st 2013, 7:02 PM