ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was only the latest in a slew of such raids since the infamous Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram a decade ago. Around 1500 students have been kidnapped in raids since 2014. The […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a primary school in Nigeria’s northwest region on Thursday morning and abducted at least 100 pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities told The Associated Press. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of […]
More than 100 Nigerian school students have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, witnesses say. The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said. The students, between the ages of eight and 15, were taken away, along with a […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 200 people, mostly women and children displaced by violence in northeastern Nigeria, were abducted by Islamic extremists while they were searching for firewood near the border with Chad, the United Nations office in Nigeria said late Wednesday. The victims had left several displacement camps to look for firewood in […]
Dozens of displaced people are feared to have been abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria. The victims were mostly women who lived in a camp in Gamboru Ngala town after fleeing their homes because of attacks by the insurgents, locals said. The abductions occurred when the group went to collect firewood for cooking […]
Since 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has documented 104 cases of abduction and 55 cases of torture committed by Russian forces in Crimea against pro-Ukrainian activists. The mission stated that Russia had illegally imposed its “citizenship”, “laws”, and “institutions” on the people of Crimea in all aspects of life, suppressing […]
An Amber Alert has been issued for two New Hampshire children believed to be abducted by their father. New Hampshire State Police are looking for 4-year-old Elowyn Duren and 1-year-old Vaelyn Duren. Elowyn is described as 3 feet tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. Vaelyn is described as being an infant with blonde hair […]
An Ambert Alert was issued Sunday evening for a child abducted from Palm Beach County. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 7-year-old Christian Simeus was last seen on the 1200 block of West 3rd Street in Riviera Beach, Florida. This embedded content is not available in your region. Christian stands at 3 feet, […]
Authorities have activated an AMBER Alert after a toddler was abducted in Long Beach Tuesday. The child was identified as Justin Chan, a 4-year-old boy, according to the California Highway Patrol. The boy was taken near Linden Avenue and 1st Street at around 5:46 p.m. He was inside his family’s car when his parent stepped […]
An 8-year-old girl’s quick thinking helped Oak Creek police nab three men who stole a car with her and her younger sister still inside. Bobby Joe Reed III, 21, of Milwaukee, Bedee Usama, 17, of Milwaukee, and Ladarius Wright, 20, of South Milwaukee, each were formally charged on Friday with abduction of a child as […]
Authorities are searching for a mother and a toddler who were last seen in Walnut Tuesday, Brigette Benitez, 31, is wanted for the abduction of her 15-month-old child, Miguel Eduardo Medina, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The critically missing toddler was taken by Benitez near the 500 block of Grand Avenue at […]
A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge Friday as part of a plea agreement, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said. Steven Robert Sablan, 62, abducted […]