Sentence examples for failed kidnapping attempt from inspiring English sources

Last month, two Somalis were killed and a visiting Swedish politician was shot and wounded in what was believed to be a failed kidnapping attempt.

His lavish lifestyle brought him unwanted attention in our area, and it took him one failed kidnapping attempt to decide to sell up and leave.

A researcher for the human rights group Amnesty International was attacked in Guatemala at a hotel during a failed kidnapping attempt, her colleagues said today.

A3 Rights Advocate Attacked Barb Bocek, a researcher for Amnesty International, was attacked at a Guatemala hotel during a failed kidnapping attempt, colleagues said.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani field officer for the United Nations refugee agency was killed Thursday by unidentified gunmen in what appeared to be a failed kidnapping attempt near the northwestern city of Peshawar, United Nations officials said.

Geneina and his family denied this, calling it "a failed kidnapping and assassination attempt".

The 16-year-old was killed in the bedroom of her home in Bristol by Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, after a failed attempt to kidnap her for a sexual motive, jurors were told.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes erupted after a failed attempt to kidnap a German doctor working in the area.

In July, the group said it had executed a 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped in Niger after a failed rescue attempt.

Linda Norgrove, the kidnapped aid worker who died during a failed rescue attempt, has been shortlisted for a posthumous humanitarian award for her "selfless" work in Afghanistan.

The unnamed man then reveals himself to be Julius and kidnaps the heroine for the pendant; during a failed rescue attempt the hero falls from an airship along with the pendant.