Kidnapping

Gunmen kill vice principal, abduct female students in attack on Nigerian school

The assailants, armed with rifles and reportedly using coordinated tactics, stormed the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town around 1 a.m. local time.

Members of the Nigerian Police Force deploy a water cannon truck near a protest site where supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are demanding his release from prison, in Abuja, Nigeria, October 20, 2025.
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Budapest police says 31-year-old woman wore a wig, posed as charity worker to kidnap newborn

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for Niger from Bole International Airport, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 16, 2023.

US issues travel advisory to Niger after kidnapping

Israel Police officers seen at the scene of a murder in Abu Snan, Israel, July 29, 2025

Manhunt in Israel after Arabic-speaking man attempts to abduct girl, force her into his car trunk


Taiba man indicted for planning to kidnap an IDF soldier

Azzam had consumed on social media, including on the Telegram app, Hamas-related content.

 IDF soldiers operate in the northern Gaza Strip, March 20, 2025

Police not doing enough to find Haymanot Kasau, family tells Knesset panel

Haymanot Kasau’s family accused police of neglect nearly two years after she disappeared, telling MKs her case would be treated differently if she weren’t Ethiopian.

 Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.

Ex-Shin Bet chief named in connection to kidnapping of German millionaire's children - report

According to the report, Peri's mission was to assemble the team of kidnappers, which consisted of eight people - most of them Israelis with a security background.

Yaakov Peri attends Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Israeli parliament on January 15, 2018.

Authorities thwart attempted terror attack in Jerusalem

A Palestinian was arrested in Jerusalem after attempting to carry out a terrorist attack, including a soldier kidnapping.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Dozens of kidnapped Colombian soldiers released, says defense ministry

The soldiers were kidnapped on August 25 after clashes in a rural part of the El Retorno municipality left 11 guerrillas dead, including a commander of a dissident faction of the former FARC rebels.

Colombian soldiers stand guard as members of a humanitarian caravan comprising senators and social organisations, meet with residents, to demand ceasefire and peace in the Catatumbo region, after attacks by rebels from the leftist National Liberation Army, in the municipality of El Tarra, Colombia.

At least 34 soldiers kidnapped in Colombia after clashes with FARC dissidents

The clashes occurred in a rural part of the El Retorno municipality in the southeastern province of Guaviare and involved members of the Central General Staff

 A policeman stands next to a well where minerals taken from illegal gold mines are washed in Buritica, Colombia, on April 20, 2021. (REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez)

How an Israeli kidnapping comedy sold a million tickets

Saving Shuli-San was set for a June release, but the war with Iran made United King Films, the movie’s distributor, postpone the much-awaited film.

FROM LEFT, Ben Bachar, the film’s director, with actors Shalom Michaelshwilli and Avi Israelof, producer Moshe Edery, and actors Tzion Baruch and Emma Medding, as they toast ‘Saving Shuli-San’s millionth ticket sale.

Gunmen abduct 60 in northern Nigeria, kill villagers in overnight raids

The incident followed a separate mass abduction in Sabongarin Damri, in Zamfara state, on Saturday in which 70 people were taken.

People gather as security personnel stand guard during a visit of government officials following a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, June 16, 2025.

Belgian MP says Iran tried to kidnap her, use her as bargain chip in 'hostage diplomacy'

Darya Safai, a Belgian Iranian Member of the Belgian Parliament, announced that Iran was planning to kidnap her alongside other European MPs.

 Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Court overturns conviction in case of Jewish 6-year-old who went missing in 1979

A New York federal appeals court ruled to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of the Jewish 6-year-old Etan Patz.

 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

Former Mossad agent indicted in German custody kidnapping case - report

A German restaurant heiress has been accused of using an Israeli-connected global security agency to execute a violent, cross-border kidnapping of her two youngest children.

 German entrepreneur and gastronome Christina Block and her lawyers Otmar Kury and Ingo Bott wait for the start of her trial at the regional court in Hamburg, Germany, July 11, 2025.