Tag: Kidnapping
Students abducted by gunmen in north central Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria — A large number of students were abducted Sunday and one person was killed at a school in Nigeria’s north central Niger...
14 abducted from Nigerian university released after 1 month
LAGOS, Nigeria — Fourteen university students and staff abducted from their school in northwestern Nigeria were released Saturday after spending more than a month...
At 26, Belarus journalist has spent a decade in opposition
KYIV, Ukraine — Raman Pratasevich has been part of the Belarus political opposition for over a decade and has long feared the authorities would...
Man sentenced to 40 years in prison in death of Texas girl
HOUSTON — A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 40 years for charges related to the death of a 4-year-old girl who went missing...
Many wait uneasily as Biden unwinds key Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO — In March of 2020, Estela Lazo appeared before Immigration Judge Lee O’Connor with her two children, her muscles tensed and a...
Sheriff: Army trainee who hijacked bus tried to escape
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina Army trainee charged with hijacking a school bus full of children is likely to face new charges after...
Girl purposely got blue slime on would-be kidnapper’s arms
PENSACOLA, Fla. — As Alyssa Bonal fought the strange man who had just grabbed her by the throat, threatened her with a knife and...
Investigators identify man shot by police in Atlanta suburb
DECATUR, Ga. — State investigators on Wednesday identified a man shot and killed by police who had pursued him from one Atlanta suburb to...
Former Tennessee officer indicted in death of missing man
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Tennessee police officer has been indicted on charges that he kidnapped a man in a squad car while on...
Girl fights off, flees attacker who tried to snatch her
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The young girl, kneeling on a grassy traffic island as she awaits her school bus, looks up as a white...