Kidnapping

15 minutes to comply, or death: Delcy Rodríguez

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – In a leaked video recording of a 2-hour meeting held in Venezuela, seven days after the US attack, Rodriguez can be heard saying that her priority was to "preserve political power".

100 killed in US attack on Venezuela: Interior minister

TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said late on Wednesday that 100 people died in the US attack on the country that led to the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.

Militants kidnap 227 people from school in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Militants kidnapped 215 students and 12 teachers from a School in Nigeria.

At least 46 kidnapped in Nigeria's Zamfara state

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Gunmen kidnapped at least 46 people, including women and children, in a raid on Gana town in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said on Tuesday.

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Pakistan appriciates Iran for ensuring its citizen's safety

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Pakistan Foreign Ministery spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch appreciated Iran's action to release three citizens of this country and ensure the security who were kidnapped by human traffickers during their trip to Iran.

Gunmen kidnap 15 students in dawn raid on Nigerian school

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 students from a school in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto state in a dawn raid on Saturday.

30 suspected kidnappers killed in Nigerian military airstrike

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – At least 30 suspected kidnappers were killed in a Nigerian military airstrike during a weekend raid in the country's northwestern state of Kaduna, authorities said on Monday.

Gunmen kidnap four in central Nigeria university town

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped four people from a house in the university town of Keffi, in central Nasarawa state, police said.

25 kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – At least 25 members of a local church's choir were kidnapped by gunmen en route to a funeral in the Ose local government area of Nigeria's southwestern state of Ondo, local police said.

US occupation kidnaps 3 Syrian citizens in airborne operation

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Helicopters of US occupation forces carried out Friday an airborne in Dair al-Zaur province, kidnapping a number of Syrian citizens.

Rebels kidnap 30 women in Cameroon

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Insurgents abducted the women for protesting against violence and illegal taxes in the restive Anglophone region of the country, Cameroon officials said.

Gunmen kidnap 80, including children, in northwest Nigeria

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria's Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages, residents said on Saturday.

Gunmen in Nigeria seize eight students in latest abduction

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – Gunmen in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state kidnapped eight secondary school students coming from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of such abductions.

Over 30 people kidnapped at railroad station in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – More than 30 people have been kidnapped at a railroad station in Nigeria’s southern Edo State, according to a statement from Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki.

Gunmen attack Nigerian train station, kidnap many passengers

TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – Armed persons have attacked a train station in Edo State, southern Nigeria, and kidnapped many passengers.

Gunmen kidnap more than 100 people in NW Nigeria

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – More than 100 people, including women and children, were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Sunday, the information commissioner and residents said.

Gunmen kidnap dozens of children from Nigerian farm

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Dozens of children were abducted by gunmen from a farm in northern Katsina state and the kidnappers were demanding a ransom for their release, police, and residents said on Wednesday.