Crime types

Kidnapping cases

Documented kidnapping cases from around the world, with timelines and cited sources.4 records
Parents of some of the victims of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping mourn their losses.
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KidnappingUnsolved

Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping

On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian, with some Muslim, schoolgirls aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.

Place
Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria
Date
14 Apr 2014
Sources
2 cited
Italian reporter in front of family Fritzl’s home (Ybbsstraße, Amstetten in Austria)
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KidnappingSolved

Fritzl case

Three children remained in captivity with their mother, one died shortly after birth and was cremated by Fritzl, and the other three were brought up in the family home upstairs by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie, after Fritzl convinced her and the authorities that they were foundlings each time.

Place
Amstetten, Austria
Date
1984–2008
Sources
2 cited