11.   The kidnappers then killed the three Britons and the New Zealander, whose severed heads were found Tuesday along a highway in Chechnya.

12.   The kidnappers killed Waxman before they were shot.

13.   When police botched a rescue attempt, the kidnapper killed a young woman hostage, then was smothered to death in the police paddy wagon after he was arrested.

14.   Suspected Palestinian kidnappers killed an Israeli taxi driver on the occupied West Bank on Monday, police said.

15.   The ethnic Chinese businessmen used the same closure tactic for two days in October, after kidnappers killed a Filipino-Chinese businesswoman in a foiled abduction.

16.   The kidnappers have already killed over a dozen Filipinos and one American, Californian Guillermo Sobero, who were seized since then.

17.   The kidnappers have already killed over a dozen Filipinos and one American, who were seized since then.

18.   The kidnappers then killed her as well.