Category: kidnapping

Italy Issues Arrest Warrant for Grandfather of Cableway Disaster Survivor

ROME—Italian magistrates have issued an international arrest warrant on kidnapping charges for the grandfather of an Israeli boy who was the only survivor of a cable car disaster in May, prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday. While visiting six-year-old Eitan Biran in Italy in September, his maternal grandfather, Shmuel Peleg, picked him up and…


San Diego Kidnapping Suspect in Custody After SWAT Standoff

SAN DIEGO—A 45-year-old man was in custody today on suspicion of kidnapping and other charges after a police chase and hours-long standoff in the Chollas Creek neighborhood. The incident began at 7 a.m. Saturday when officers responded to the 5200 block of Rex Avenue after a 911 caller reported a man with a gun in…


Man Sentenced for Deadly Kidnapping of Chinese National

LOS ANGELES—A man who helped in the deadly kidnapping of a Chinese man from a Los Angeles-area shopping mall was sentenced Friday to more than 16 years in federal prison. Anthony Valladares, 29, of Pasadena, was sentenced a year after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to kidnap Ruochen “Tony” Liao of Santa Ana….


Former Head of the Provincial Gestapo-Like Office in China Put Under Investigation

The former head of the Chinese communist regime’s Gestapo-like office in Jiangsu province is under investigation for allegedly breaking the law. He, and his department, were tasked with suppressing religious freedom within China.  The Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jiangsu reported that Chen Yizhong, the former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 18)

An investigation is underway into the kidnapping of American missionaries in Haiti, former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died from Covid-19 complications, and virus cases are plummeting to record lows in Japan despite a reduction in pandemic restrictions.


US Should Secure Freedom of Missionaries in Haiti Without Ransom: Rep. Kinzinger

The United States should free missionaries in Haiti without ransom, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Sunday, shortly after a U.S. Christian aid organization said a group of its missionaries had been kidnapped in the Caribbean nation. The Illinois Republican told CNN that the United States must find the group and see if it can…


Gang With Past Abductions Blamed for Kidnapping 17 US Missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped. The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group—which also included some elderly people—in Ganthier, a commune that lies east of the capital of…


Mass Kidnappings Bankrupting Nigerian Churches, as Catholic Seminary Is Latest Target

KADUNA, Nigeria—Nigeria’s pandemic of kidnapping for ransom is bankrupting church communities in the nation’s northern states, and despite vows from police to remedy the problem there is no end in sight. In the most recent kidnapping, a gang believed to be Fulani militants struck a Catholic seminary on Oct. 11. The International Committee on Nigeria…


After 92 Days, Kidnapped Students and Matron Released in Nigeria; 10 Students Still Held

KADUNA, Nigeria—The eyes of the West are slowly turning toward Nigeria’s complex agony, but for the family of Abigail Philip, the big news is that “mom is back home.” Mrs. Philip, a widow and mother of five, and matron of Bethel Baptist High School Academy, spent 92 days as a kidnapped hostage along with her…


Nearly 70 Missing Children Rescued by Security Forces in Nigeria

Dozens of students who were kidnapped by bandits from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been reunited with their families, the region’s governor announced. Zamfara State Gov. Bello Matawalle said in a statement on Monday that nearly 70 students were rescued with the aid of some bandits who sincerely regretted their wrongdoing, The Associated…