Editing List of kidnappings (section)

== Mass kidnappings ==
*[[Bisbee kidnappings]]: 1,300 striking miners were unlawfully detained by a deputized [[Posse comitatus (common law)|posse]] on orders from Sheriff [[Harry C. Wheeler]] before being loaded onto cattle cars and transported 200 miles to [[New Mexico]]. A Federal investigation found that the victims had been illegally kidnapped.<ref>''Report on the Bisbee Deportations. Made by the President's Mediation Commission to the President of the United States.'' Bisbee, Arizona. November 6, 1917.</ref>
*''[[Heuaktion]]'': 40, 000 to 50, 000 Polish and Ukrainian children aged 10 to 14 were kidnapped by [[Nazi German]] occupation forces and transported to Germany for slave labour at the command of [[Alfred Rosenberg]] and [[Henning von Tresckow]].<ref>''Men of 20 July and the War in the Soviet Union'' [[Christian Gerlach]] in ''War Of Extermination: The German Military In World War II'' page 139</ref>
*[[1976 Chowchilla kidnapping]]: 26 children on a school bus and the bus driver were held in a buried moving van, in a quarry.<ref name="chowchilla history">{{cite web |url = http://www.ci.chowchilla.ca.us/city%20facts/history.htm#1976 |title = Chowchilla City History: 1976 Bus Kidnapping |work = ci.chowchilla.ca.us |publisher = City of Chowchilla, California |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151103185845/http://www.ci.chowchilla.ca.us/city%20facts/history.htm#1976 |archive-date = 3 November 2015 |access-date = 7 April 2016 }}</ref>
*[[December 1998 kidnapping of western tourists in Yemen]]: 16 western tourists were kidnapped while on vacation in Yemen. Four were killed in a botched rescue operation by Yemeni authorities the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=At least 4 hostages killed in violent end to Yemen hostage crisis |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9812/29/yemen.05/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=CNN}}</ref>
*[[2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping]]: 60 people were taken from the Kurram Tribunial Agency in Pakistan by militants dressed as police officers.<ref name="dawn20100515">{{cite news |title = Militants kidnap 60 in Kurram tribal region |url = http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-kurram-hostage-taking-qs-14 |newspaper = [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date = 15 May 2010 |access-date = 15 May 2010 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100518064344/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-kurram-hostage-taking-qs-14 |archive-date = 18 May 2010 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |title = Suspected Pakistan militants 'kidnap 60' in tribal area |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm |newspaper = [[BBC]] |date = 15 May 2010 |access-date = 15 May 2010 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100518133951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm |archive-date = 18 May 2010 |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[2014 Chibok kidnapping]]: More than 200 schoolgirls were taken from their school during an exam. The [[Boko Haram]] terrorist group is suspected to have perpetrated the attack.<ref>{{cite news |title = Terrorists kidnap more than 200 Nigerian girls |date = 21 April 2014 |work = USA Today |first = Oren |last = Dorell |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/21/parents-234-girls-kidnapped-from-nigeria-school/7958307/ |access-date = 23 April 2014 }}</ref>
*[[2014 Iguala mass kidnapping]]: 43 male students from a rural school in Mexico were planning to go to a protest in Mexico City when they were shot at by police and taken into custody.<ref name=ibt1>{{cite news |last1 = Laccino |first1 = Ludovica |title = Mexico's 43 Missing Students: Theories Behind Mysterious Disappearance |url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexicos-43-missing-students-theories-behind-mysterious-disappearance-1471291 |access-date = 3 November 2014 |newspaper = [[International Business Times]] |date = 22 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141115220137/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexicos-43-missing-students-theories-behind-mysterious-disappearance-1471291 |archive-date = 15 November 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Mexico: Mayor linked to deadly attack on students |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/23/mexico-mayor-student-attack/17760945/ |access-date = 3 November 2014 |agency = The Associated Press |newspaper = [[USA Today]] |date = 23 October 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141119100825/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/23/mexico-mayor-student-attack/17760945/ |archive-date = 19 November 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Malari kidnapping|2015 Malari kidnapping]]: 40 boys and young men were kidnapped by [[Boko Haram]].<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Abubakar |first1 = Aminu |last2 = Botelho |first2 = Greg |title = Villagers: Boko Haram abducts 40 boys, young men in northeastern Nigeria |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/03/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-kidnapping/index.html |access-date = 4 January 2015 |publisher = CNN |date = 4 January 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping|2018 Dapchi kidnapping]]: 110 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by [[Boko Haram]].<ref>{{cite web |title = 110 girls missing after Boko Haram attack on school in Nigeria |url = https://news.sky.com/story/over-100-girls-missing-after-boko-haram-attack-in-nigeria-11267647 |access-date = 26 February 2018 |website = Sky News |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Kankara kidnapping|2020 Kankara kidnapping]]: 334 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by a criminal gang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-kidnappings/nigeria-school-abductions-sparked-by-cattle-feuds-not-extremism-officials-say-idUSKBN28Y0GG |website=Reuters |access-date=24 December 2020 |language=en |date=24 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Kagara kidnapping|2021 Kagara kidnapping]]: 27 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped and one killed, three members of the school's staff and 12 of their relatives were also abducted.<ref>{{cite web |title = Dozens of Nigerian students abducted by armed 'bandits' |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/unspecified-number-of-nigeria-school-students-reportedly-abducted#:~:text=17%20Feb%202021,bandits%20and%20lost%20his%20life%E2%80%9D. |publisher = [[Al Jazeera English]] |access-date = 17 February 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Zamfara kidnapping|2021 Jangebe kidnapping]]: 279 schoolchildren from their school were kidnapped by armed [[Banditry|bandits]] in Jangebe.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Nigeria: Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted as gunmen attack nearby military site |url = https://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-hundreds-of-schoolgirls-abducted-as-gunmen-attack-nearby-military-site-12229738 |access-date = 26 February 2021 |website = Sky News |language = en }}</ref>
*[[Afaka kidnapping|2021 Afaka kidnapping]]: 39 students (23 females and 16 males) were kidnapped by armed [[Banditry|bandits]] in Afaka.<ref>{{Cite news |date = 12 March 2021 |title = Gunmen abduct 39 students from school in northwest Nigeria |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/gunmen-abduct-30-students-from-school-in-northwest-nigeria/2021/03/12/173f01a0-8329-11eb-be22-32d331d87530_story.html |access-date = 12 March 2021 |newspaper = The Washington Post |language = en-US |archive-date = 20 April 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210420170646/https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[2021 Pantelhó mass kidnapping]]: 21 residents of Pantelhó, [[Chiapas]], [[Mexico]], were kidnapped by El Machete under the pretext that the abductees were involved in organized crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/families-call-for-release-of-21-kidnapped-by-new-self-defense-force-in-chiapas/|title=Families call for release of 21 kidnapped by new self-defense force in Chiapas|date=2021-10-14|access-date=2024-03-21}}</ref>
*[[2021 Haitian missionary kidnappings]]: 17 Christian missionaries, most from United States, one from Canada, were kidnapped for ransom by members of the 400 Mawozo gang.<ref>{{Cite news|title=American missionaries and family members kidnapped in Haiti by '400 Mawozo' gang, groups say|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/17/haiti-american-missionaries-kidnapped/|access-date=2023-03-23|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
* [[Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War]]: At least 16, 000 Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russian troops, transferred to Russian-held territory, assigned Russian citizenship, and forcibly adopted by Russian families since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2023-07-03 |title='Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia'|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-says-700000-children-ukraine-conflict-zones-now-russia-2023-07-03/|work=[[Reuters]] |language=en |quote=Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news  |title= 'Deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is war crime - UN' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64985009|access-date=December 28, 2024 |date=March 17, 2023 |work=[[BBC]] |language=en}} |</ref> The [[International Criminal Court]] accused Russian leader [[Vladimir Putin]] of being responsible for the kidnappings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/17/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-iccs-arrest-warrant-for-putin|title=All you need to know about the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin|date=17 March 2023|work=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
* [[Gaza war hostage crisis]]: around 200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, and another 50 by other Palestinian militant groups.<ref>{{Cite news |title=For Hostages' Families, an 'Endless Loop of Hope and Despair' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/world/asia/israel-hostages-families-hamas-gaza.html|access-date=October 18, 2023 |date=October 16, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>