2 h. ago Man 'held captive by evil stepmum for 20 years' used hand sanitiser and paper to escape

A 32-year-old man, from Connecticut, was tortured and held in a room for 20 years by his stepmother Kimberly Sullivan before he escaped by lighting a fire, according to court documents

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4 h. ago How chained up man used hand sanitizer and paper to escape 'evil' stepmom after 30 years in captivity

A man, confined by his stepmother for two decades, orchestrated a daring escape from a life of 'captivity, abuse and starvation' using nothing but hand sanitizer and printer paper.

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5 h. ago Starved boy held captive for 20 years by stepmum seen drinking out school urinal

The victim's teachers spotted him drinking from a urinal in haunting evidence of boy who was allegedly starved and tortured whilst being held captive for 20 years.

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25 h. ago Man describes cruelty during his two decades of captivity at his family home in Connecticut

Police in Connecticut are trying to determine how a man could have been held captive in his home for 20 years without anyone noticing

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27 h. ago Heartbreaking cries for help of boy held captive by evil stepmom revealed by his school principal

A man who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother for 20 years repeatedly cried for help as a child.

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28 h. ago Former principal of boy held captive for 20 years said he tried to raise concerns as it was obvious something was ‘grossly wrong’

The victim set a fire in his own sealed bedroom, knowing it might kill him, just for the chance to escape

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35 h. ago Man held in captivity by stepmother for 20 years, say police

He endured ‘heartbreaking and unimaginable’ suffering, police say

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37 h. ago Stepmother held US man captive for 20 years until he set house on fire, police say

He endured ‘heartbreaking and unimaginable’ suffering, police say

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55 h. ago Up to 200 still held hostage amid train hijack standoff in Pakistan

Baloch Liberation Army says attack took place because of ‘decades-long colonial occupation’, while officials say dozens of militants killedAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan continued into its second day, with dozens killed in the onslaught.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Pakistan military fights on in operation to free hundreds of hostages on train

Government says about 130 still held after Balochistan militants blew up a railway line and hijacked trainAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan has continued into its second day, with dozens killed in the onslaught.On Wednesday, Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Pakistan operation to free hostages after train hijacking ends with dozens killed

Security services claim to have rescued about 190 people being held by Baloch Liberation Army in remote areaAn operation to rescue hundreds of people taken hostage when a train was hijacked by a separatist militant group in remote south-west Pakistan has ended with dozens killed in the onslaught, a spokesperson for the army said late on Wednesday.Pakistan’s security services claimed to have rescued about 190 people who were being held captive after militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up a railway line and launched an attack on the Jaffar Express train. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Scots boy feels 'constantly starved' due to incredibly rare disorder

A Scots schoolboy was diagnosed with a rare disability that makes him feel "constantly starved" despite eating five full meals a day.

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9 d. ago British soldier, 22, sentenced to 19 years in Russian jail for fighting with Ukraine

The 22-year-old British national has been held in Russian captivity since November

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1 week ago British hostage freed by Hamas vows scars represent 'freedom and hope' after new surgery

Emily Damari, 28, was taken from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza as Hamas attacked Israel and held captive for 15 months before being freed as part of an exchange with Israel

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2 w. ago The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists

Barely known to each other before they were abducted by the brutal al-Shabaab militants, a friendship forged in adversity helped them and their children find safetyAncha*, who was 20, had been kidnapped and held captive in a house in northern Mozambique for two months when 17-year-old Fatima* was brought there. What their captors did not know – even after the young women’s daring escape together – was that they were cousins.Both had grown up around Mucojo, a small coastal town 130 miles (210km) south of the Tanzanian border, from where they had been abducted in separate raids in 2020 by Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamaa militants, an Islamic State-affiliated group known locally as al-Shabaab (though it has no links with the Islamist militants of the same name in Somalia). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thousands of Israelis line streets for funeral of Bibas family killed in Gaza

National outpouring of grief comes amid reports that deal reached to resume ceasefire with HamasThousands of Israelis have lined the route of a funeral procession for two small children and their mother who were held hostage and died in captivity in Gaza.The national outpouring of grief for Ariel, Kfir and Shiri Bibas came amid reports that a deal had been reached to resume the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, with the handover of more bodies of hostages in return for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Freed Israeli hostage held onto faith to get through months of captivity in Gaza

An Israeli hostage freed in the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas said faith sustained her during her captivity, and she used the few means that were available to her to observe Judaism

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2 w. ago 'I was held captive by paedophile teacher for 5 years – here's how I escaped'

At 20 years old, Lisa Turner knew she had to escape. She had been held captive for five years by a man who she first met as a pre-teen – with their meeting setting in motion a cycle of control, manipulation and abuse

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2 w. ago Hamas freed five Israeli hostages under phase one of ceasefire

Hamas has released five Israeli hostages, including Avera Mengistu, who had been held captive in Gaza for over ten years.

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