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.

Gravitas | Nigeria: Gunmen attack school in Northwest Nigeria, abducts 200+ children

Kuriga Kidnap: Gunmen kidnap more than 200 from Nigerian school, one dead

Boko Haram inflicted Horrors in Nigeria are in focus again nearly 50 women have been abducted allegedly by the Islamist rebels in a remote area of Northeastern Nigeria's Borno State.

Islamist Rebels kidnap nearly 50 women in Nigeria

In a desperate attempt to marry a TV presenter, a woman from India’s Hyderabad city tried to abduct him after allegedly stalking him for days. The 31-year-old woman named Bhogireddy Trishna was apprehended by the police on Friday.

India: Hyderabad woman kidnaps TV anchor in desperate attempt to marry him; arrested

A 17-year-old exchange student from China, Kai Zhuang, was recently cyber kidnapped in the United States, according to the police. Cyber kidnapping is a new criminal trend in which scammers extort vulnerable victims remotely and demand ransom money from their families.

What is cyber kidnapping? How to protect yourself from the ‘disturbing criminal trend’?

Colombia and Liverpool forward Luis Diaz's father has been released by the Colombian guerilla group National Liberation Army. After 12 days of captivity, Luis Manel Diaz was handed over to United Nations and Catholic Church officials by members of the ELN.

Liverpool footballer Luis Diaz's father released by kidnappers in Colombia

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

In a tragic incident in Manipur, a 41-year-old Indian Army soldier named Sepoy Serto Thangthang Kom was killed after being abducted from his residence while he was on leave, media reports said.

Manipur: Indian Army soldier abducted while on leave, killed

Three men were acquitted by the jury on Friday (September 15) in the last trial related to the plan of kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a plot which was seen as homegrown terrorism before the 2020 presidential election of the United States.

US: Jury acquits three accused of plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Sixteen police employees who had been kidnapped in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas have been freed after three days of captivity, Governor Rutilio Escandon said Friday.

Mexico: 16 kidnapped police employees  freed after three days of captivity

In a bizarre turn of events, Australian police arrested two suspected kidnappers who were found sleeping inside a vehicle, authorities confirmed on Friday. The incident unfolded in Brisbane, Queensland, when the two men allegedly abducted a man and a woman early morning on Thursday.

Australia: Kidnappers caught napping in car as hostages dial police after escaping

In one of the bizarre stories of the day, a man presumed dead by his family in the eastern Indian state of Bihar was found alive, eating momos in the northern Indian city of Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

Indian man believed to be dead, found eating momos in another state

Ukraine is investigating Belarus' suspected involvement in the forced transfer of minors from Russian-occupied territory, the prosecutor general's office said on Tuesday (May 23).

Ukraine probing reports of 2,150 children being shipped to Belarus, says prosecutor

An Illinois girl who was abducted by her mother six years ago was found on Saturday, a year after her story of disappearance was featured on Netflix’s ‘Unsolved Mysteries.

Mystery solved: Illinois girl whose disappearance story was shown on Netflix found alive after six years

Two Red Cross workers who were kidnapped in northern Mali in March first week were released Sunday evening. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a tweet wrote, "We confirm that the two ICRC employees kidnapped on March 4 between (the cities of) Gao and Kidal in northern Mali were released this evening.

Two kidnapped Red Cross workers released in Mali

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday called his country safer than the United States, days after a group of Americans were kidnapped and two of them were killed.

President Obrador calls Mexico safer than US despite recent kidnappings

The government authorities in Mexico arrested the five people who were suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of four US citizens, two of whom were killed, said officials on Friday.

Five arrested for kidnapping and killing of US citizens in Mexico

Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped in Mexico. The Americans had just crossed over into Mexico when gunmen fired at the vehicle they were traveling in and directed them into another vehicle.

Four American citizens travelling to Mexico kidnapped at gunpoint

Four American citizens were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Mexico. Mexican officials confirm that four American citizens crossed the border to reach Mexico last week to buy medicine.

Four Americans kidnapped in Mexican city of Matamoros- What we know so far

In South Africa, ransom kidnappings are on the rise and the Ethiopian communities in particular feel that Ethiopian businessmen are being specifically targeted. The community has been staging several demonstrations all across the country. WION correspondent Kalden Ongmu filed this report.

World of Africa: Massive spike in kidnappings in South Africa

Police in Florida found two children in a supermarket who were reported missing in Missouri nearly a year ago. Brooke Gilley and Adrian Gilley were found in a Winn-Dixie store in Florida with their non-custodial mother, Kristi Nicole Gilley, said High Springs Police Department on February 1.

Children reported missing year ago found in supermarket thousand miles away

What does a captivity of eight years in a windowless cellar do to a person? A documentary has been created on the actual circumstances of Natascha Kampusch's kidnapping in 1998 when she was 10 years old.

How did Natascha Kampusch, the girl in the cellar, escape her kidnapper's house?

South Africa has seen a huge spike in child kidnapping and murder in the last few months. Civil organisations are worried that the country is losing its fight against this menace. Our reporter Kalden Ongmu has filed this story.

World of Africa: South Africa's 'missing' children

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

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