Terrorist kidnapping
Taking prisoners
Jul 4th 2008
With Thanks to: The Economist, London
Where terrorists take most hostages
THE dramatic freeing of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages in Colombia this week is a high-profile blow to the FARC, the left-wing guerrilla group tricked into releasing her after over six years. But although the FARC still holds 700 prisoners, hostage-taking in Colombia has fallen off in recent years. Of the 5,075 people kidnapped in 2007, only 138 were taken in Colombia. Nearly 1,600 were captured in Iraq, which has seen the most hostage-taking in recent years because of an increase in terrorist militia groups. Infighting between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority contributed to a big rise in kidnapping in the Gaza Strip in particular.
In this report it is obvious that only politically and terror related kidnappings have been shown. Otherwise, the number of reported and unreported kidnappings in Pakistan would be much higher than shown here.
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