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  Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap at least 50 people including women, children in latest mass abduction spree

  World | December 11, 2024 16:22 IST

  No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, but locals have attributed it to bandit groups notorious for mass killings and kidnappings for ransom in the conflict-stricken northern region.

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  US: California cops fatally shot kidnapped teen while she was surrendering, chilling video emerges

  World | April 03, 2024 19:26 IST

  Savannah Graziano, 15, was reportedly kidnapped by her father Anthony Graziano, 45, after the latter killed his estranged wife and Savannah's mother a day ago in 2022. The newly released video shows other deputies opening fire on her while she was following instructions and surrendering.

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  Train runs non-stop for 200 kms to rescue kidnapped girl, then a stunning twist

  India | October 26, 2020 22:56 IST

  An express train with an 'abducted' minor girl was made to run non-stop on Monday for more than 200 kilometres from Lalitpur railway station till Bhopal with police there in waiting to catch hold of the kidnapper, who eventually turned out to be the child's father. 

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  ‘Perform or perish’: The warning that led UP cops to rescue 27 missing girls in three days

  India | April 18, 2017 12:48 IST

  A single strict order from a top police official appears to have led to the rescue of dozens of missing girls in merely 72 hours in Shahjahanpur.

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  Boko Haram denies truce, kidnapped girls married

  World | November 01, 2014 16:30 IST

  Maiduguri, Nigeria: The leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married

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  Boko Haram wants to swap kidnapped girls for jailed members

  World | May 09, 2014 18:34 IST

  Abuja: Former Boko Haram negotiator, Shehu Sani has said the group plans to exchange the 300 kidnapped schoolgirls for its "comrades" in jails in Nigeria, media reported Friday.Sani allegedly said that nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped