Tag: Kidnap

Categories Latin America

Haitian gang demand $17 million for release of kidnapped US and Canadian Christian missionaries

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An armed gang that kidnapped 17 members of a US missionary group in Haiti last week are demanding $1 million each for their release, the Haitian justice minister told US media, adding that five children were among those abducted. … Read More >Haitian gang demand $17 million for release of kidnapped US and Canadian Christian missionaries

Categories Latin America

Armed gang kidnaps up to 17 American Christian missionaries, including children, in Haiti – reports

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Between 15 and 17 US missionaries and their families are reportedly being held by a gang in Haiti. Although the country is infamous for kidnappings, the abduction of such a large group of foreigners is nonetheless unusual. … Read More >Armed gang kidnaps up to 17 American Christian missionaries, including children, in Haiti – reports

Categories USA

‘The law doesn’t apply in America anymore,’ hacktivist Marty Gottesfeld tells RT from jail

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Martin Gottesfeld, accused of launching a cyberattack at Boston Children’s Hospital to expose medical kidnapping and “torture” of a girl, says he aims to continue to fight against the “judicial corruption” that saw him imprisoned. … Read More >‘The law doesn’t apply in America anymore,’ hacktivist Marty Gottesfeld tells RT from jail

Categories World

Protesters blockade Nigerian highway with burning tires over demand for greater security after kidnappers terrorize region

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Hundreds of protesters descended on Nigeria’s Abuja Kaduna highway on Monday to demand greater security from the federal government in the wake of kidnappings over the weekend in which 15 people were abducted and three killed. … Read More >Protesters blockade Nigerian highway with burning tires over demand for greater security after kidnappers terrorize region

Categories World

Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks

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Police in Nigeria’s Zamfara State have said that 317 schoolgirls were abducted in an armed raid on Friday morning, just one week after 42 people were kidnapped from a boys’ school in neighboring Niger State last week. … Read More >Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria, police confirm, the 2nd major raid in as many weeks