Sentence examples for failed to kidnap from inspiring English sources

His father having failed to kidnap him, Matousek grew up with his self-absorbed mother and three sisters -- one of whom committed suicide after being sexually abused.

It's not always arsonists – in 1976 the goat was ran over by a raggarbil, and in 2010 someone tried and failed to kidnap it using a helicopter.

In 2001, al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Islamist militants tried but failed to kidnap foreign tourists on Samal island's Pearl Farm resort.

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.

Nigeria's military had advance warning of the attack on a school at which some 270 girls were kidnapped but failed to act, a rights group says.

Nigeria's military had advance warning of an attack which some 270 girls were kidnapped but failed to act, a rights group says.

The chaos after the abduction in which the Administration of Goodluck Jonathan, who was then the President, failed to publicly acknowledge the kidnapping until two weeks after it happened and Buhari's failure to locate them despite a campaign vow to do so have created an atmosphere of despair, confusion, and suspicion.

Jonathan, on the other hand, couldn't escape the fact that Boko Haram had grown in strength during his five years as president, or that he had failed to react swiftly to the kidnap of 276 girls from Chibok, most of whom are still missing.

The government has failed to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April.A large part of the problem is Nigeria's army itself.

A local official watchdog has reported some 80 cases of excessive use of force and hundreds of illegal searches in the past 11 months.The troops have failed to prevent a surge in kidnapping and extortion.