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Swiss aid worker among those seized in Syria

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:29:00 +0100

The five Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staffers seized by an unknown group in northern Syria this week are Belgian, Danish, Peruvian, Swedish and Swiss nationals, the humanitarian organisation said Saturday.

Yemen gunmen ‘kidnap Swiss Red Cross worker’

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35:00 +0200

Tribal gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss man working for the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Yemen, a local pro-government militia leader said on Monday.

Psychiatrist jailed for Romanian baby kidnap

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:00 +0200

A 40-year-old psychiatrist has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for kidnapping a baby from Romania.

Swiss woman's captors: Free bin Laden's wives

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:21:00 +0200

A bid to release a Swiss woman kidnapped in Yemen has suffered a blow after her abductors made excessive demands, including for Osama bin Laden's widows to be freed, a tribal chief said on Thursday.

Swiss woman seized in Yemen 'safe': tribal chief

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:33:00 +0100

A Swiss woman being held hostage in eastern Yemen is safe and in good health, a tribal chief told AFP on Tuesday, offering to mediate with the kidnappers for her release.

Philippines searches swamps for kidnapped Europeans

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:00 +0100

Philippine troops were scouring mangroves on remote southern islands on Monday as the search for two kidnapped Europeans intensified, security officials said.

Philippine search fails to find abducted Europeans

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:00 +0100

Philippine authorities said Thursday they had failed to find two European birdwatchers, including Swiss national Lorenzo Vinciguerra, in the crucial 24 hours after their abduction and warned Islamic militants may be holding them.

Video emerges of Swiss hostages in Pakistan

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:26:00 +0200

A video has emerged showing a Swiss couple kidnapped by the Taliban in Pakistan nearly four months ago, flanked by four masked gunmen pointing rifles at their heads.