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  • Bhopal Police rescue woman held hostage for 12 hours by a man wanting to marry her

    Bhopal Police rescue woman held hostage for 12 hours by a man wanting to marry her

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 13, 2018 · 10:58 pm
  • France: Police kill gunmen after he opened fire, killed three people in hostage situation

    France: Police kill gunmen after he opened fire, killed three people in hostage situation

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 23, 2018 · 04:41 pm
  • Canadian hostage freed from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan says his child was killed, wife raped

    Canadian hostage freed from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan says his child was killed, wife raped

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 14, 2017 · 07:37 pm
  • Pakistan troops free family held hostage by Afghan Taliban for five years

    Pakistan troops free family held hostage by Afghan Taliban for five years

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 13, 2017 · 11:19 am
  • Only an unnerving graphic novel could have captured the mind of a kidnapped hostage

    Only an unnerving graphic novel could have captured the mind of a kidnapped hostage

    Debkumar Mitra
    · Jun 11, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • England: Knife-wielding attacker who was holding staffers hostage in Byker arrested by the police

    England: Knife-wielding attacker who was holding staffers hostage in Byker arrested by the police

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 09, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • Two men shot dead after taking hostages in French church, Islamic State group claims responsibility

    Two men shot dead after taking hostages in French church, Islamic State group claims responsibility

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 26, 2016 · 02:43 pm