Boy, 12, is abducted, sexually assaulted and shot before being dumped on a street in Miami

Boy, 12, is abducted, sexually assaulted and shot before being dumped on a street in Miami Police in Miami are searching for the person who sexually assaulted a boy, 12 Boy was walking around 2am in the Brownsville area of northwest Miami A man pulled up, forced the boy into a vehicle, and sexually assaulted … Read more

BBC journalist is feared abducted by Myanmar military

BBC journalist is feared abducted by Myanmar military: Broadcaster ‘extremely concerned’ for reporter’s safety after he was ‘taken away’ as country rounds up media following coup The BBC has issued a statement concerning its Burmese reporter Aung Thura He was reportedly abducted by ‘unidentified men’ in capital Naypyidaw today It said it was now calling … Read more

Nigerian official says over 300 abducted schoolboys freed

More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, authorities have confirmed.  Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of children from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in northwestern Katsina state last Friday.  Around 800 students had been present at the school when it was attacked by armed men on … Read more

Mother of girl ‘abducted by her babysitter and another man and found 24 hours later speaks of relief

The mother of an eight-year-old girl allegedly abducted after a trip to McDonald’s with her ‘babysitter’ told today of her ‘huge relief’ that she had been found safe and well. The youngster went missing for nearly 24-hours after being taken by family friend Annmarie Lawton and a man known only as Adam to McDonald’s. The … Read more

Father who abducted his three sons ‘smuggled them out of the UK in back of van’

A father who abducted his three children from their foster home ‘smuggled them out of the UK in the back of a van’, police believe. Imran Safi, 26, snatched Bilal, 6, Ebrar, 5, and Yaseen, 3, from a foster home in south London, just before they were due to be adopted before taking them to … Read more