kidnapping Stories
The two were kidnapped on their way to a mosque, and the suspected abductors later demanded a ransom of $25,200 (Sh3.2 million) from their families.
According to a police report, the incident occurred at around 10 am when one Surura Hire reported that two of his grandchildren, a girl aged 10 and a...
Raquel Smith and her boyfriend, Jacquen Appolis, alongside their friend Stevano van Rhyn, were each handed life sentences for their involvement in the...
The data confirms that while the country recorded its last major terror attack in 2019, Al-Shabaab militia is still making attempts to carry out its a...
The report highlights that kidnappings and abductions have become a growing security threat, with men, women, children, and foreign nationals being vi...
The DCI has called on additional accomplices identified during the investigation to surrender.
“How were we executing our investigations before the evolution of mobile phones?” DCI Mohamed wondered.
However, IPOA reported that it is unable to access more victims who have yet to record their cases.
A viral video circulating on social media captured the moment when Keter was forcibly removed from his black Landcruiser V8 vehicle by three men.
In a statement on Tuesday, Koome expressed deep concern over numerous allegations regarding the abductions of protesters amid ongoing mass protests ag...
Davji Atellah, secretary general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists, and Dentists Union (KMPDU), announced this via his page on X, pointi...
If the doctor is not released by midnight, to carry on with his life-saving humanitarian work, the KMPDU will paralyse all medical services, Secretary...
The Kenya Dental Association, the KMPDU and members of the public claim that Omondi, alias JaPrado, was taken by police officers for his involvement i...
The two doctors, Assel Herrera and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, were stationed at the Mandera County Referral Hospital when they were kidnapped on April...
Gunmen attacked the villages of Gora, Madomawa and Jambuzu and that 38 men and 67 women and children were missing.
Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.
They are accused of abducting Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami from India, and Kenyan taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange.
The kidnapping in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over insecurity.
The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa's most populous country.
Currently, security agencies from Kenya and Somalia are actively investigating the matter.
The doctors were kidnapped on April 12, 2019, by suspected Al-Shabaab militants and unconfirmed reports indicate they were killed in a US drone strike...
Cuban authorities say they are in contact with officials from Kenya and Somalia to verify information suggesting the doctors were killed in a US bombi...
