21.   Three armed youths had kidnapped the father and son in the southern town of Warri, and fled the scene in a speedboat, local news reports said.

22.   Five armed youths then got on board and stole hard currency from members of the Dmitry Shostakovich Philharmonic Orchestra, which they had earned during their Japanese tour.

23.   He said he and his colleagues were on several occasions threatened at checkpoints manned by heavily armed youths.

24.   A Vietnamese national was also attacked and robbed Friday by four or five armed German youths in camouflage gear in the town of Tangermuende, west of Berlin.

25.   Antenna reported on a group of armed youth guarding a vital road near Delvina.