Sentence examples for massive abduction from inspiring English sources

The students, between 16 and 18 years old, vanished on April 14 while sitting for a physics exam, shocking a nation long accustomed to Boko Haram's targeting of schools — though never through such a massive abduction.

There has been massive rape, forced marriage, and abduction of women and girls in Unity State.

Their abduction prompted global outrage, a massive online campaign and a search operation supported by international forces.

Forces were placed on high alert across the country as Military Intelligence warned of a Hamas "showcase" terror attack - including the possible abduction of a soldier - to avenge the massive and unprecedented bombardment of Gaza and the killing of close to 300 Palestinians since Saturday.

The day before her violent abduction, Farooqi took part in a polio campaign, part of a massive effort by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to stamp out the crippling disease.

Following the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah in July 2006, Olmert initiated a massive military operation into southern Lebanon in an effort to secure the soldiers' release and deliver a decisive blow to the Shīʿite militant group based there.

The 'incursion-style' abductions mentioned relate to a tactic used in some incidents where massive force was applied to overwhelm a target's defences.

The Boeing 777, carrying 239 people, disappeared March 8, sparking a massive search across miles of open sea and theories that range from terrorism to alien abduction.

Not since television viewers had watched the abduction and murder of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics in 1972 had a massive global audience witnessed a terrorist attack unfold in real time.

There has been an even more dramatic rise in the number of parental abductions to countries that have not ratified the 1980 Hague Convention on Child Abduction – a massive 39 per cent last year – meaning that it is all but impossible to get children back from countries such as Pakistan, India and Thailand.

In 1995 the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl on Okinawa by three US servicemen sparked massive protests, prompting Washington to pledge efforts to strengthen troop discipline to prevent such crimes and reduce its footprint on the island.