Tag: hostage taking
Armed man takes 3 persons hostage in Russian bank
Police were in talks with a man armed with a hunting rifle who took three people hostage in a bank…
Bill Against Terrorism, Kidnapping In Lagos Coming
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, are currently considering a bill to criminalise acts of terrorism,…
Nigeria’s New Face Of Terror
Ansaru, Nigeria’s new terrorist group in Nigeria specialises in hostage taking With its hands full and security resources overstretched battling…
Algeria ends desert siege with high death toll
Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex, In Amenas, to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were…
50 killed in Algeria’s hostage crisis
Algerian troops Thursday launched strikes on a gas complex where Islamists are holding dozens of foreigners killing nearly 50 people,…
Boko Haram denies foreign hostage taking
Nigerian terror group, the Boko Haram on Friday denied any involvement in the kidnapping of a Briton and Italian who…