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Elliot Eastman, an American living in the Philippines who was shot and abducted from the island of Mindanao in October, was most likely killed by his kidnappers, the Philippine National Police said on Thursday.

Then, came a shocking update from the police: There was no evidence their loved ones had been abducted.

In several days of violence,1,200 people were killed, and 251 more abducted into Gaza.

Eichmann, one of the leading architects of the Final Solution aimed at wiping out Europe's Jews, was abducted by Israeli agents from Argentina in 1960 and sentenced a year later after a landmark public trial.

The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.