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Bihar Minister, accused in kidnapping case, resigns amid protests

Kartik Kumar, an RJD MLC, became the State's Law Minister in the new Nitish Kumar government but resigned hours after being moved to Sugarcane Department.

The Hindu

Controversial Bihar minister Kartik Kumar eventually resigns

PATNA: In the dock over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping case, Bihar sugarcane minister Kartik Kumar eventually resigned late Wednesday evening hours after his portfolio had been changed by chief minister Nitish Kumar, finally ending the day full of suspense and high drama.

The Times of India

Former Ohio schools superintendent charged with kidnapping two children in West Virginia

A nine-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were lured into a vehicle with promises of cash for babysitting

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Frightening moment kidnapping suspect attacks police officer with a pen in interrogation room

‘I think he began to feel scared and he’s cornered. I just know he’s not in his right mind. He needs psychiatric help,’ mother says

The Independent UK

Controversial Bihar minister Kartik Kumar's portfolio changed

Patna

The Hindu

Average 82 murders a day, 11 kidnappings, abduction every hour in India in 2021: NCRB data

Murder rate highest in Jharkhand; Delhi tops in kidnapping

The Hindu

Kidnapping conspiracy hearing focuses on reconnaissance trip to Gov. Whitmer's cottage

DETROIT — The second day of testimony in a key hearing for five people charged with materially aiding the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer focused largely on a two-day field training exercise and a nighttime surveillance trip to Whitmer's summer home in Antrim County.

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At least 19 dead after Madagascar police open fire at ‘lynch mob’ attacking police station

Hundreds of people stormed a police station in anger at the kidnapping of an albino child

Evening Standard

Police in Madagascar open fire on a crowd seeking revenge for abduction of albino child

At least 19 people were killed by police in a town in Madagascar, who opened fire on what they claim was a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child.

Radio France Internationale

Madagascar police shoot dead protesters seeking revenge for albino kidnapping

Madagascar police confirmed Tuesday that officers killed 19 people and injured 21 others after opening fire on what was described as a lynch mob angered over the kidnapping of an albino child.

France 24

Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy suspects' lawyers, prosecutors spar over hearing testimony

DETROIT — The Michigan attorney general's office on Monday began making its case against five individuals accused of materially aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and storm the state Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Violent crimes in 2021 back to pre-pandemic levels

Severe crimes such as rape, kidnapping increase while COVID-19 related violations decline

The Hindu

'It's not like I have that on tape,' judge says of juror bias claim in Whitmer kidnapping trial

DETROIT — A juror seated on the recent trial of two men convicted of attempting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer denied having said the men would "hang," according to a transcript of a meeting the juror had with U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker, who likened the encounter with the…

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Colorado mom guilty of Qanon kidnapping conspiracy

A Colorado mother accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter said she started associating with supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping

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Famous author accused of faking own death and kidnapping son is extradited from US to Canada

Police looked for two weeks before she was arrested in Oregon

Chicago Sun-Times

Police release description of man who tried to kidnap woman in West Loop

The man got out of a car and confronted the woman on a sidewalk in the 200 block of South Sangamon Street, police said.

Reuters

Vietnamese man charged over 2017 Berlin kidnapping, alleged spying

An alleged spy has been charged for his suspected involvement in the high-profile kidnapping of a Vietnamese businessman in Berlin in 2017, the German federal prosecutor's office said on Thursday.

Daily Mirror

Who is Florence Cassez? Inside controversial Mexican kidnapping case and her sentence

Netflix's A Kidnapping Scandal: The Florence Cassez Affair is exploring the highly controversial case that saw a French national convicted of kidnapping — here's who she is

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US to extradite Canadian writer accused of faking own death and kidnapping son

Dawn Walker, who says she fled domestic abuse, is arrested and accused of stealing friend’s identity to cross border

Reason

2 Defendants in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Found Guilty in Retrial

After an embarrassing failure for the FBI counterterrorism program, federal prosecutors won convictions against two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Tribune News Service

2 ringleaders convicted on Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy charges

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal jury Tuesday convicted two men accused of orchestrating a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as prosecutors salvaged the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump and GOP continue to deny Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot – even after two more found guilty

Former president and GOP members say conspiracy somehow shows FBI bias

Salon

Two convicted in Whitmer kidnapping plot

A jury failed to reach a verdict in the last trial

Al Jazeera

US jury convicts two of conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor

In second trial, defence argued unsuccessfully that the two men were entrapped by the FBI in Whitmer kidnapping plot.

Tribune News Service

Two ringleaders convicted on Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy charges

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