The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country's north, days before a deadline to pay a $690,000 ransom.

Nigerian army rescues abducted Kaduna students

Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 87 people in a new attack, residents and police say, after an armed gang seized 286 students and staff from a school earlier this month.

Gunmen in Nigeria abduct at least 87 civilians from Kaduna state

In the latest incident, at least 287 school students were abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga on the 7th of March. The Kidnappers issued a warning, threatening to kill the nearly 300 abducted students if a ransom of $622,000 is not paid. Watch in for more details!

Nigeria: Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack

Authorities say at least 100 of 287 school children kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna state are children aged 12 or younger. The Kaduna state attorney-general and commissioner of justice, has assured of government’s resolve to ensure swift prosecution of the abductors, despite no arrests being made. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has also deployed forces for the rescue operation.

Nigeria shocker: Gunmen kidnap 287 school children

At least 287 people were taken hostage by gunmen on Thursday, March 7, when they broke into a school in the northwest of the country, according to the headmaster, who informed authorities that this was the country's second mass kidnapping in less than a week. The Nigerian Army has been now deployed to rescue the children.

Nigeria: 28 out of 300 chidren escape kidnappers, army deployed

At least 287 people were taken hostage by gunmen on Thursday, March 7, when they broke into a school in the northwest of the country, according to the headmaster, who informed authorities that this was the country's second mass kidnapping in less than a week.

Nigeria: Gunmen attack school in Northwest Nigeria | School abductions a source of concern

The Imphal East Additional Superintendent of Police, identified as Moirangthem Amit Singh, was allegedly abducted from his residence on February 27. He was later rescued following a gunfight between police personnel and the members of Arambai Tenggol. Watch in for more details!

Manipur: Senior police officer abducted by 200 armed men, rescued later

Tensions have once again escalated the security situation in the Northeastern state of Manipur. On Tuesday, a group of 200 armed miscreants attacked and abducted a senior police official in Imphal.

Manipur violence: Army and Assam Rifles called in after senior official abducted

Armed men killed four people, including two policemen, and kidnapped at least 40 others in an attack on Kaura Namoda, in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state. Watch in for more details!

Gunmen kill 4, abduct at least 40 in Northwest Nigeria

Nigeria: Gunmen kill 4, abduct at least 40

A chilling footage emerged of a man trying to abduct a fifth-grade student in broad daylight. The man, who attempted to kidnap the child, is now in prison. The incident happened early morning just before 8 am on Friday in Glendale, Arizona.

Watch: Chilling footage records Arizona girl's abduction by convicted criminal in broad daylight

A newborn infant is currently receiving medical care in a hospital after being located in a shopping bag by a dog walker in east London. The Metropolitan police is currently searching for the baby's mother, underscoring the urgency of her immediate medical attention.

Infant found in shopping bag by dog walker in London's Newham area

The local police in the Kollam district of India’s state of Kerala were able to find the six-year-old girl, 21 hours after she was abducted by a gang of four members in a white Sedan.

Police find minor girl in Kerala 21 hours after abduction by four-member gang

The head of a hospital in China has been detained by authorities following claims by a social media user that the hospital chief was involved in child trafficking and worked with criminal gangs to give new identities to kidnapped children, reported Bloomberg.

China: Authorities detain hospital chief over alleged role in child abductions

Israel has escalated its attacks on Gaza, with a death toll exceeding 8,000 Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu anticipates a "long and difficult" war against Hamas, which governs Gaza.

Explained: Why Qatar assumes mediator role in Israel-Hamas war

The mother of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German national believed to have been abducted by Hamas fighters during their recent surprise attack on Israel, has received confirmation that her daughter is alive.

Shani Louk, whose partially naked body was paraded in a truck, is alive in Gaza, says her mother

Charlotte Sena, a nine-year-old girl who disappeared during a family camping trip in upstate New York, was found "safe and in good health" after a frantic two-days search.

Charlotte Sena: Missing nine-year-old girl rescued from camper cabinet in New York; suspect held

Cher has been accused of hiring four men to kidnap her son Elijah Blue Allman in late 2022, recently surfaced court documents reveal.

Cher accused of son's abduction amid marriage reconciliation

The local footballers, aged between 17 and 20 according to a local official, were abducted Saturday in the gas field town of Sui, in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province, on their way to a tournament.

Pakistan: Six footballers abducted in Balochistan

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it will file FIRs against the Punjab Rangers and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in relation to the high drama that followed on 9 May when the country witnessed violent protests following the arrest of the former prime minister.

PTI to file FIRs against Rangers, NAB over Imran’s ‘abduction’ on 9 May

A professor from Australia and his fellow researchers have been freed from captivity more than a week after they were abducted in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea: Australian professor, fellow researchers freed after week-long abduction

50 women have been abducted by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, a former Female Afghan MP was shot dead in Kabul. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: All about the insurgency in Burkina Faso

The search for a family of four kidnapped in California ended Wednesday with authorities recovering their bodies from a rural farm area days after being abducted at gunpoint.

A kidnapped Sikh family of four has been found dead in California

Police in Nigeria said on Monday (August 22) that gunmen had abducted four Catholic nuns in the country's southeast. This is the latest act of violence in the region when separatist tensions are on the rise.

Nigeria: Gunmen abduct Catholic nuns, motive unclear

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