Yewande Biala has claimed she was nearly kidnapped by her Tinder date. In a new interview, the former Love Island star opened up about the terrifying experience, which took place ‘in the middle of nowhere’ following their first ever meet-up over drinks in a bar, and admitted she thought: ‘This is how people die!’ … Read more
An American citizen was kidnapped near the rural town of Birnin Konni in southern Niger in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Six gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs tied up the rest of the man’s family so they could not inform authorities, meaning police were not aware that the kidnapping had taken place for about four hours. … Read more
Terrifying moment baby is snatched from a mother’s arms and kidnapped by two men in Guatemala before the child is found alive abandoned at a disused railway A baby was snatched from its mother’s arms in city in Guatemala on Wednesday Shocking CCTV footage shows baby was abducted by two men on a motorbike The child … Read more
Frightening moment armed men shoot their way into a Cancún home and kidnap two brothers for ‘refusing to pay extortion fees to a gang’ Three gunmen broke into a home in Cancún on Tuesday and kidnapped two brothers The family told authorities the incident was sparked by the brothers’ not wanting to pay an extortion … Read more
China said yesterday it had ‘found’ five Indians who were believed to have been kidnapped by its soldiers on the Himalayan border last week. The Indian Army said it spoke with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who confirmed that the youths from Arunachal Pradesh were discovered on their side of the frontier. Seven Indian youngsters … Read more
Confusion surrounded the whereabouts of a ‘kidnapped’ Belarus opposition leader today after border guards claimed she was arrested while trying to reach Ukraine. Maria Kolesnikova was stopped at the Aleksandrovka border crossing in the early hours of this morning, Belarus claims, in what authorities called an ‘illegal’ attempt to flee the country. Border police made the … Read more
Kidnapped Shannon Matthews and her siblings will have lifelong anonymity after court grants ‘extraordinary’ injunction preventing their new names and jobs ever being revealed Shannon Matthews and her siblings to have lifelong anonymity after court order Injunction prevents new names, addresses and jobs from ever being revealed Shannon was the victim in a faked kidnapping … Read more
Canadian sports TV host Dan O’Toole has said that his one-month-old daughter Oakland has been kidnapped. O’Toole, the co-host of TV show SportsCentre with Jay and Dan on TSN, made the shocking revelation in a heartbreaking Instagram post Thursday where he said he believes the little girl is alive but that he does not ‘know … Read more
Police launch hunt for man who robbed and KIDNAPPED teenage woman at London’s Waterloo station before she escaped from him on the Tube The woman was approached by the man at Waterloo Station at 2.30pm The suspect forced the woman to top up his Oyster card at a ticket machine He then ordered her onto … Read more
An aid worker who was stripped of his British citizenship due to links to Al-Qaeda has been kidnapped by a rival Islamist group in Syria. Tauqir Sharif, 31, from Walthamstow, east London, was seized last night by around 15 members of the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Atmeh, in the northwestern Idlib province. Sharif, … Read more