Tag: hostages
Three hostages run out of Sydney siege cafe
Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against…
Cameroun denies release of hostages by Boko Haram
Cameroun’s Communication Minister, Issa Bakary, on Friday said he was surprised by the news that some hostages kidnapped by Boko…
Al Qaeda threatens to hit France
France is “playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that…
Mali war: Islamists take western hostages in Algeria
Algeria, which has opened its airspace to French warplanes hitting Islamists in northern Mali, was targeted Wednesday in a deadly…
Pirates Free 3 Sailors Seized Off Nigerian Coast
Three sailors kidnapped from a Dutch-owned cargo ship off Nigeria nearly a month ago have been released, Netherlands news agency…
Mastermind of killed hostages in Nigeria dead
Abu Mohammed, the leader of the faction of Boko Haram behind the abduction and killing of Christopher McManus, a Briton…
Britain: Nigerian Hostage takers knew assault was coming
The Nigerian kidnappers of two European hostages killed in a botched rescue mission were probably aware beforehand that their security…
Hostage Deaths: Abductors Claimed ransom paid
Plans to free two Western hostages were well underway and some ransom paid by their families when they were killed…
Nigerian terrorists explain killing of hostages
Nigeria on Saturday interrogated suspected kidnappers of two Europeans killed during a botched British-Nigerian rescue operation amid a row between…
Hostages Freed, Back with Employers
Nigeria’s security forces handed 19 foreign and local hostages to their employers yesterday after freeing them from militant camps in…