abduction
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Police in western Nigeria have arrested 42 suspected illegal miners as part of an investigation into the abduction of a local monarch.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The FBI, National Security Council, state department, Delta Force and the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service were in contact about her abduction, sources familiar told CBS.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
With him was 35-year-old Hani, a technically minded cousin who spearheaded the effort to understand how the abduction took place, and who gave only his first name to avoid reprisals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Guthrie said in the interview that a motive for the abduction is unclear but worries it’s possible her fame might have been a factor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The Mexica reacted to the sacrilegious abduction of their leader with the same baffled horror with which Europeans later reacted to Cromwell’s execution of Charles I in 1649.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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