2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping

February 2022 2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping Kurram, Pakistan 15 May 2010 Unknown time Kidnapping 61 civilians (suspected) Militants posing as policemen Heavily armed The 2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping happened on May 15, 2010, in Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. 60 people including women and children were kidnapped by militants dressed in police uniforms.Militants kidnap 60 in Kurram tribal region http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-kurram-hostage-taking-qs-14 Dawn May 15, 2010 15 May 2010 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 18 May 2010 deadSuspected Pakistan militants 'kidnap 60' in tribal area https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm BBC May 15, 2010 15 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100518133951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8684460.stm 18 May 2010 live Background Kurram has been a Taliban stronghold for many years. It has also been the site of sectarian violence between Shias and Sunnis. A large number of militants are thought to have fled to Kurram agency from South Waziristan last year after the military launched an operation there. Security forces had recently launched intense air strikes on militants in Kurram and adjoining areas. Kidnappings The kidnappers were dressed in police uniforms. Four people were initially abducted from a vehicle belonging to a government power utility. The vehicle was then set on fire.Suspected militants kidnap 60 in NW Pakistan: police https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E0UB20100515 Reuters May 15, 2010 15 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100518174330/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E0UB20100515 18 May 2010 live Later 57 more civilians were taken from a convoy going to Parachinar. 50 hostages were released on 16 May 2010.https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E0UB20100516 Militants free 50 hostages in Northwest Pakistan: official May 16, 2010 Reuters 16 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100519134218/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E0UB20100516 19 May 2010 live Negotiations for release of remaining hostages were ongoing.http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-militants-free-50-hostages-kidnapped-on-saturday-ss-04 Militants free 50 hostages kidnapped on Saturday May 16, 2010 Dawn 17 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100519105935/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-militants-free-50-hostages-kidnapped-on-saturday-ss-04 19 May 2010 dead Responsibility No group has yet claimed responsibility. Government sources have stated that an investigation is under way and efforts are being made to recover the kidnapped people. The government blamed the Taliban for the kidnapping. See also List of kidnappings List of solved missing person cases (post-2000) Terrorism in Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan References Category:2010 crimes in Pakistan Category:2010s missing person cases Category:Crime in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:Formerly missing Pakistani people Category:2010 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:Kidnappings in Pakistan Category:Kurram District Category:Missing person cases in Pakistan